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Date:	Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:21:08 +0200
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@...tempel.de>
To:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>, Marc Perkel <marc@...kel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Raid 0 Swap?

Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru> wrote:

> Marc Perkel 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?

Swap has priorities, and it will do something like striping if two swap spaces
have the same priority.

[...]
> Ie, your swap space must be reliable.  At least not worse than your memory.

It's mostly enough if it's as reliable as the system disk.

> And with striping, you've much more chances of disk failure...

It won't increase because of using striping, but because of the amount
of disks used.
-- 
Ich danke GMX dafür, die Verwendung meiner Adressen mittels per SPF
verbreiteten Lügen zu sabotieren.

http://david.woodhou.se/why-not-spf.html
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