Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964968AbWL1JRl (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:17:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964969AbWL1JRl (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:17:41 -0500 Received: from tmailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.23]:45902 "EHLO tmailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964968AbWL1JRk (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:17:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:13:22 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Mike Huber cc: Denis Vlasenko , Michael Tokarev , Helge Hafting , Marc Perkel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Raid 0 Swap? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <44FB5AAD.7020307@perkel.com> <44FBFFFC.90309@tls.msk.ru> <200609181150.23091.vda.linux@googlemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 816 Lines: 20 On Dec 28 2006 00:06, Mike Huber wrote: > > I would like to point out one key argument against raid0 swap partitions, > which is that, should a drive failure occur, the least used programs in > memory are most drastically affected. Unfortunately, in the case of a > drastic drive failure in a standalone server, one of the most likely > programs to be affected is getty, disallowing you from manually logging in. However, the footprint of getty is rather small, so its chance to run is higher than an idle bigger task (dbus, resmgr, hal, perhaps cron or X) -`J' -- - 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/