jb <jb.1234abcd <at> gmail.com> writes: > M. V. <bored_to_death85 <at> yahoo.com> writes:
>> recently I heard from a FreeBSD expert that I shouldn't have >> swap partition for my server, and having swap partition could >> make my server unstable. > I think your FB expert was up to something. I bet he spoke out > of experience. > > Swapping by itself can decrease system reliability due to possible > data corruption on swap disk or during two-way transfers, with > subsequent incorrect RAM and machine crash. > > But, swapping is also a symptom, not a problem. > It is never a good idea to let it get to that point. ... > http://blog.jcole.us/2010/09/28/mysql-swap-insanity-and-the-numa-architecture/ Very interesting point. - do you think this could hurt my server's stability too? (most of its work is a noticeable amount of packet-forwarding, and other network services, like firewall, dhcp server, ntp server, etc) - if so, in what conditions? can I do something to prevent this? or should I just get rid of the swap partition? - does swap partition do any good for me at all? I mean if we even suppose nothing bad happens because of it, is it worth risking to keep it? thank you. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
