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, -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
