Ok ...
Given that ... yes, we all know that swapping is bad (thanks for the
enlightenment).
To Swap or not to Swap isn't releated to this question, and besides, even if
you don't page swap, other mechanisms can still claim swap space, such as the
tmp file system.
The question is simple, "I
Has anyone done research into the performance of SWAP on the traditional
partitioned based SWAP device as compared to a SWAP area set up on ZFS with a
zvol?
I can find no best practices for this issue. In the old days it was considered
important to separate the swap devices onto individual dis