[Gllug] Swap Restrictions

[Chris Bell]

On Wed 12 Apr, Grzegorz Jaskiewicz wrote:
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> You should use spare disc exclusively for swap than, remember that in  
> 2.6 you can create file swaps, they are (should?) be as fast as  
> partition swaps. And so much easier to handle.
> 
   I understood that if the same (large) amount of swap space is distributed
more equally between several discs it allows the kernel to make more
intelligent use of the space, with less time wasted on address seeks.

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Chris Bell

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