On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi folks,
> we are trying to set up a mirrored (raid-1) system for reliability
> but it is not possible according
> to the latest HOWTO to swap onto a raid volume. Is there any change on
> this?
it does work for me (i do not actually use it as such, but i've done some
stresstesting under heavy load). Let me know if you find any problems.
-- mingo
> Has anyone set up a system like this with/without swap configured and
> what is your experience?
> We have decided to disable swap for the moment, does anyone know if
> this causes any problems
> with the general usage of linux. If we enable swap then the system will
> almost certainly crash if the disk
> with the swap partition crashes which would make mirroring the file
> systems a waste of time. Please
> correct me if I am wrong. Presumably swapping to a file has the same
> problems.
> If swap does not work on a mirrored volume are there plans to make it
> work in the future? If not
> does anyone know what it would take. Perhaps we can help.
>
> Brian Murphy
>
>
