I have a 20GB IDE partitioned into 17GB for OSX and 2GB for Classic and related Apps. I also have a 600MB SCSI that has my 300MB 9.1 partition and a 300MB swap partition. this works pretty well and doesn't require too many disks, really helps keep the noise from my S900 down. With 384MB RAM, swap is hardly used unless I have 6 or more programs running. I can't say I've noticed any difference from when the swap files were on the main disk, but I don't have the problem with fragmentation like I used to. What will really make a difference is putting the swapfiles on an HD that spins up from sleep VERY quickly, I find that when it does need to use the swapfile, I have to wait about 10sec with the SROD (spinning rainbow of death) in my face until the drive comes up. That doesn't happen too often and the time lost is gained by not having to boot in OS9 to run PlusOptimizer for 2 hours to defrag my drive.
Just my $0.02 -Robyn On Thursday, November 28, 2002, at 10:47 AM, Liam Proven wrote: > This is particularly true with IDE > drives whose queuing behavior for read/writes is distinctly inferior to > scsi drives. I suppose the best of all worlds is a separate scsi hard > drive for a swap partition with a modest size, perhaps 600-750 MB. > Heavens knows these are cheap enough.I personally use, in a server > based upon an 8500, a 17 gig SCSI drive for OS X and utilities, a > separate 2 gig SCSI for OS 9.2, a separate 750 meg SCSI for a swap -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
