[aclug-L] Re: Dual swap partitions

[John Reinke <jmreinke@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tom HULL wrote:

>> 2) Are there any performance differences for using two swap partitions as
>> opposed to using only one?
>
>Shouldn't be a problem. Swap files are supposed to be a bit slower, but
>even there I'd guess that performance is still dominated by disk issues.
>Multiple swap partitions could actually be faster, if on separate disks,
>and the software was smart enough to parallelize their use. (I doubt that,
>too.)
>
>BTW, I've heard that the 128M limit is obsolete -- has been for some time.

I wasn't sure about that. This seems obvious, but would two adjacent 128MB
swap partitions on a single disk offer poorer performance than a single
256MB swap partition?

John



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