[aclug-L] Re: Dual swap partitions

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >> 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BTW, I've heard that the 128M limit is obsolete -- has been for some time.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?

My guess is: probably.  But probably not very noticably.


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