> On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 15:19 -0400, Paul LaMadeleine wrote: > > with swap unmirrored > > At the fear of crossing you, I will have to point out that this is not a > redundant configuration. I understand the performance hit, but > mirroring swap is so swap doesn't become unavailable ... > > ... and all of the pages with it. ;) > > So while one can boot from a MD RAID-1 /boot filesystem (at least as > long as the BIOS can boot the correct disk/slice, and GRUB is in the MBR > of both drives), I cannot condone the practice of a non-redundant swap.
You know, I completely missed that... I was just thinking about speed and size of swap on a two disk system. Didn't even think of losing swap. Thanks for pointing that out :) much appreciated! Paul LaMadeleine | Systems Engineer | CL Verify LLC Direct: 813-466-1775 | Mobile: 781-858-3823 | Fax: 813-289-5557 e-mail: [email protected] | Web: www.clverify.com | AIM: pelamadeleine Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. This communication does not reflect an intention by the sender or the sender's client or principal to conduct a transaction or make any agreement by electronic means. Nothing contained in this message or in any attachment shall satisfy the requirements for a writing, and nothing contained herein shall constitute a contract or electronic signature under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, any ver! sion of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or any other statute governing electronic transactions. _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
