On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Alvin Oga wrote: > > What are benefits of having swap on raid? > > none .. i suppose ... > > but if /dev/hda dies .. you can still be working off /dev/hdc > along with all your data
Exactly. If the drive that hosts the swap partition dies, the kernel goes completely crazy. RAID1 protects you from that. If you value low downtime, then swap belongs in RAID1 or a hybrid scheme (such as RAID 10). -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
