Re: Fwd: swap

2007-05-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:11:36AM -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Len, Patrick: > Thanks. Actually, I didn't see the original by Len. > > Well, security comes first. Also, the idea of setting > in a cheap HD was a faulty idea anyway because I am at > WD Raptor just because cheap HDs didn't work

Re: Fwd: swap

2007-05-07 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/07/07 11:28, Patrick Albuquerque wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:11:36AM -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: >> Len, Patrick: >> Thanks. Actually, I didn't see the original by Len. >> >> Well, security comes first. Also, the idea of setting >> in

Re: Fwd: swap

2007-05-07 Thread Patrick Albuquerque
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:11:36AM -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Len, Patrick: > Thanks. Actually, I didn't see the original by Len. > > Well, security comes first. Also, the idea of setting > in a cheap HD was a faulty idea anyway because I am at > WD Raptor just because cheap HDs didn't work

Re: Fwd: swap

2007-05-07 Thread Francesco Pietra
Len, Patrick: Thanks. Actually, I didn't see the original by Len. Well, security comes first. Also, the idea of setting in a cheap HD was a faulty idea anyway because I am at WD Raptor just because cheap HDs didn't work on long runs. The mentioned Tyan mother board has 4 SATA ports, two, I suppos

Re: Fwd: swap

2007-05-07 Thread Patrick Albuquerque
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:03:00AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:10:11AM -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > Below I mean adding a single HD not to the raid, just > > as additional space where to point the swap file > > thanks > > Running a raid1 system with non raid s

Re: Fwd: swap

2007-05-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:10:11AM -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Below I mean adding a single HD not to the raid, just > as additional space where to point the swap file > thanks Running a raid1 system with non raid swap just doesn't make sense. If the swap drive fails, your system dies horrib