[Gllug] SWAP over NFS

[Adrian McMenamin]

-----Original Message-----
From: James Bromberger [mailto:james at rcpt.to]
Sent: 09 April 2003 00:07
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Gllug] SWAP over NFS


Adrian McMenamin (Adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> Anybody know of a good guide to making this work under 2.4 (2.4.20
> actually) kernels?

Err... that would be NFS, the so-so stable network file system, and
Swap, the virtual memory paged out to disk. Humph. Thinking for a
second... well, network goes down, not only does the NFS mount become
unavailable, but suddenly half of the system 'memory' has suddenly
disappeared, and *bang* over you fall and down you go. Having the system
memory disappear is more like chopping off half your head than shooting
yourself in the foot.


Given I am doing all this on a Sega Dreamcast then you can be assured that
the power station core won't melt down if this happens. The root filesystem
is on nfs and so end of network connection really means end of session full
stop.

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