Re: swap file vs. swap partition

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

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    On 7/30/05, Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer <ml2news@optonline.net> wrote:
    > menscher@uiuc.edu (Damian Menscher) writes:
    > > A swap partition would be faster (think about it -- no filesystem
    > > overhead).
    >
    > Not true anymore. There is no overhead for a swap file compared to a swap
    > partition:
    http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/801af09eaf08147c/7bbb9d44ece78faf?lnk=st&q=group:*kernel*+swap+file+partition&rnum=1#7bbb9d44ece78faf
    >

    Very interesting, thank you. I think that if I can do it, however, I
    will go with the swap partition. If I fail, then I will fall back to
    the swap file.

    Dotan Cohen
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