[NTLUG:Discuss] [Fwd: [WTLUG:discuss] Microsoft FUD]

[MadHat]

David Neeley wrote:
> 
> Re: Swap files
> 
> It is my understanding that swap partitions are
> limited to 128 MB, but that Linux will support
> multiple swap partitions.

this is not the case with 2.2.x kernels

> 
> When you have a system with multiple hard disks, it is
> advantageous to use a swap partition for each one. Or
> so I'm told.

if you have multiple swap partitions, it will write to them in parallel,
if they are given the same priority in the /etc/fstab which could allow
for better preformance with swap.  It is going to depend on the types of
drives and their performance... If they are on seperate drives this
would help because it is not waiting on a single drive, but this is
theory, I haven't seen any benchmarks on this.



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MadHat