Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > ... > Depending on what you are serving, it may be beneficial to have the OS > on a separate spindle. If you're in the midst of serving a data stream > you may not want the drive to have to seek to run something for the OS, > or to fetch swap...
If the box is just a file server, would there even be a need for swap? If not, then the system could be run off of a flash drive or usb stick as a cheap (or space saving) alternative to an additional HD. -Lars
