Re: Swap partition vs swap file

2012-11-22 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:23:42PM -0800, David Guntner wrote: > Hi all, > > While still trying to figure out why Thunderbird isn't working so well > with Dovecot, I figured I'd move onto another mystery; thought I'd seek > out some opinions here. :-) > > When setting up Linux systems, I've alway

Re: Swap partition vs swap file

2012-11-21 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:23:42PM -0800, David Guntner wrote: > Hi all, > > While still trying to figure out why Thunderbird isn't working so well > with Dovecot, I figured I'd move onto another mystery; thought I'd seek > out some opinions here. :-) > > When setting up Linux systems, I've alway

Re: Swap partition vs swap file

2012-11-21 Thread Claudius Hubig
Hello David, David Guntner wrote: > swap *file* instead. > > So, anyone? Pros & cons? Is there any reason to prefer one over the other? Are you sure you need swap at all? If so, will your server still deliver acceptable performance if it is actively swapping? If yes, then the performance of t

Re: Swap partition vs swap file

2012-11-21 Thread Kelly Clowers
Pretty sure the partition is far more common. The file version is there if you need it, but hopefully you don't. Having the pages sit in a file on top of a filesystem just adds some extra layers, probably decreases performance a bit, AFAIK On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:23 PM, David Guntner wrote: >

Swap partition vs swap file

2012-11-21 Thread David Guntner
Hi all, While still trying to figure out why Thunderbird isn't working so well with Dovecot, I figured I'd move onto another mystery; thought I'd seek out some opinions here. :-) When setting up Linux systems, I've always set up a separate swap partition. I was reading a few days ago that appare