Re: Partitioning a Web Server
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 05:11:46PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> Are those partition numbers in order of location on disk?
>
> Most hard drives have the low cylinder numbers on the outside of the disk
> (which has slightly lower average seek times and much better bulk transfer
> rates). You generally don't want the swap on the high cylinder numbers!
>
hmmm.. Isn't it better to try and have swap in the middle of the disk? That way
you always have about the same access time? Problem is, just because I put it
in the middle, this has nothing to do with what the disk actually decides to put it.
Andrew
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