On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is using swap files any faster or slower than using swap partitions?
> -M@
Dunno. I should; I think it was discussed on this list a year or two
back, but I forget so fast...;-). I don't THINK that it makes any
difference -- I think that what makes a difference is striping swap
(files or partitions) on scsi disks so a bit of the read/write process
can be parallelized and use more of the available bandwidth. However,
I install swapspace simply for luck -- I >>never<< (willingly) permit
our systems to be run into it -- so I can't say I've ever had the
opportunity to tell the difference.
rgb
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