On Sep 29, 2006, at 7:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My past installations have used 4 same-sized v-disk areas with ascending priorities. I was under the impression that Linux references an entire v-disk when it goes to swap, so smaller v-disks would be more efficient. But I'm not sure that's completely true. I want to simplify the fstab configuration and reduce the potential memory footprint, so I'm thinking of 1 moderate size v-disk, backed by 1 larger lower-priority DASD. The pair can be sized to whatever the applications require. Does anyone have a swap setup that optimizes performance and resource usage, i.e., more small v-disks vs fewer big ones, inclusion of real disk, etc.?
Depending on how big the guest is, I usually cascade three swap VDISKS of increasing size and decreasing (meaning the pri= number gets bigger), and then if I need it, a big swap on real disk below that. You could eliminate two of these VDISKS if you wanted. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
