On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, gikoreno wrote: > > > /boot -> 36MB > > > / -> 5GB > > > /usr -> 10GB RAID0 > > > /usr/local ->10GB RAID0 > > > swap -> 2GB > > > /var -> 10GB RAID0 > > > /tmp -> 5GB > > > /opt -> 10GB RAID0 > > > /home -> 22GB RAID0 > > > X -> 16GB > > > > Is there a reason for breaking up swap like this? I.e., are you > > interleaving swap partitions between the others? > > Yes, the idea was to ensure that the drive's read/write heads were > always close to a swap partition (on the faster part of the hard drive). I > was told this is supposed to improve performance. >
I've generally placed a single swap partition on each drive, or used a dedicated swap drive, but never interleaved it as you're doing. Maybe the RAID would give some performance boost, but I'm not convinced that it would be significant. Where did you see this recommendation?
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