Re: Faster swap by using separate disk?
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, tko wrote:
> Mark Phillips writes:
> >
> > I have been wondering about whether putting a swap partition on one IDE
> > drive, while putting most of linux on a different IDE drive will speed up
> > swap by allowing both disks to be accessed at the same time.
> >
> > What if I put linux on one of the primary disks, and the swap partition on
> > a secondary disk, will that mean both disks can be accessed at the same
> > time, hence giving a swap speedup?
>
> You need to think in terms of available "bandwidth". If the swap partition is
> on the same cable as the root partition, then it has to share the bandwidth
> with the other partition(s). Moving the swap partition to the secondary
> controller (where it is by itself), will increase available bandwidth.
Why /the/ swap partition? Put one on each disk if you want. That way, the
system can choose which to use according to load.
See /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Multiple...whatsits...
Cheers,
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