Drive/Partition for swap file and other ideas for new PC?
From: Robert S. Carroll (rscarroll_at_summitfireapparatus.com)
Date: 01/05/04
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Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 12:10:24 -0500
I am preparing to assemble a new PC/workstation for my home usage and I
have a couple of questions about drives/partitions and the swap file.
Just for some background, the PC will be dual processor/AMD with 1gig of
ram. It will be an all SCSI system. I will be installing Debian,
compiling the 2.6.0 kernel and "upgrading" to Sid after the base
install. The workstation will be used for CAD/CAM and "Office" suite
work. In the future, I "may" play with some video editing... I'm on a
tight budget... :-(
I have two (2) 18Gig U160 SCSI drives that I will be running in a
software Raid1 configuration for everything but /home and I "think" the
swap file (with various partitions). These will be connected to an
LSIU160 card in a 64bit/64mhz slot. "All" of my other drives will be on
an Adaptec AHA-2940U2W card.
My plans are to purchase a 50Gig LVD SCSI (80Mb/s) drive for /home. I
know that this will "slow" the system down during read/writes but this
should only occur during open/saves of data files. I can get the drive
"cheap"...
I also have a 2Gig "narrow" (Ultra SCSI, 20Mb/s) drive that I would like
to use for the swap file... My thinking is that with 1Gig of ram, I will
seldom if ever be writing to the swap file. This way, I can keep the
swap on its own drive (and use a drive that I have in a box and free up
a couple of gigs of space somewhere else).
Does my thinking seem reasonable or am I going to slow the system to a
crawl??? Do I need to rethink my basic idea? (No raid, swap on one of
the U160 drives???) Naturally, I want the system to be as quick as
possible, but I know I will need to compromise to save $$.
Thoughts, suggestions or recommendations?
Thanks in advance for your ideas!
Robert S. Carroll
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