Re: swap file vs. swap partition

From: Dotan Cohen (dotancohen_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/30/05

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To: Damian Menscher <menscher@uiuc.edu>

    On 7/30/05, Damian Menscher <menscher@uiuc.edu> wrote:
    > On Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Dotan Cohen wrote:
    >
    > > I'm now prepearing to either create a swap file or a swap partition. I
    > > am interested in knowing if there is any difference in performance.
    > > Anyone have any experience with this? Thanks.
    >
    > A swap partition would be faster (think about it -- no filesystem
    > overhead). The only reason for a swap file is if you didn't plan your
    > partitioning scheme properly, and _need_ to add swap at a later date.
    >
    > Sorry, I don't have specific benchmark numbers for you. I'm not sure
    > how one would even go about benchmarking such a thing.
    >
    > Oh, you can also have multiple swap partitions, on different drives.
    > If you set them to the same priority, it will use all at the same time.
    > Kinda like a raid0 stripe, but without creating the software raid. If
    > you're concerned about stability, I think you can software raid the
    > drives first, and then create a swap partition on them (haven't actually
    > done this myself, since raid would damage performance).
    >
    > Damian Menscher
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    Thanks. I don't need banchmarks, I just wanted to know. Setting it up now...

    Dotan
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