Re: Sarge RAID install
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > What are benefits of having swap on raid?
>
> none .. i suppose ...
>
> but if /dev/hda dies .. you can still be working off /dev/hdc
> along with all your data
Exactly. If the drive that hosts the swap partition dies, the kernel
goes completely crazy. RAID1 protects you from that.
If you value low downtime, then swap belongs in RAID1 or a hybrid scheme
(such as RAID 10).
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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