On Tuesday 28 January 2003 02:51, Steve Lamb wrote: > Well, technically you can after a fashion. You can make a swap file on > the current file system which could be ext3. In fact I've done just that > with swapd. Question is what effects do a journalling file system have on > swap files?
According to what a prof. said, swapspace should be placed outside any filesystems since that filesystem would add to the already gigantic overhead the disk produces by adding a layer of indirection (look up the file, reposition the head, start reading swap). -- Got Backup? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
