Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750724AbWIDAQP (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Sep 2006 20:16:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751151AbWIDAQP (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Sep 2006 20:16:15 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:1455 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750724AbWIDAQO (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Sep 2006 20:16:14 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Raid 0 Swap? Organization: Private Site running Debian GNU/Linux In-Reply-To: <44FB5AAD.7020307@perkel.com> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.8-20050315 ("Scalpay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.13.4 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:16:12 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 776 Lines: 21 In article <44FB5AAD.7020307@perkel.com> you wrote: > If I have two drives and I want swap to be fast if I allocate swap spam > on both drives does it break up the load between them? Or would it run > faster if I did a Raid 0 swap? if you set up two swap partitions with the same prio, it will distribute the access, you dont need striping for that. (However with striping you can a bit better control the stripe size). Of course you should not plan for swapping, it is just slow... Gruss Bernd -- VGER BF report: H 0.224635 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/