Moving Swap file

Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Tue Mar 15 15:06:09 UTC 2011


On 11-03-15 10:00 AM, J wrote:
>
> Might I ask why you'd want to do this?
>
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not necessarily trying to dissuade you from
> doing so, but in general, you shouldn't really see any benefit to
> moving swap onto an external RAID enclosure, at least not enough
> benefit to make it worthwhile.
>
>    

Well, actually, there is one really large benefit that makes all the 
difference.  If you expect a machine to keep running during the 
occurence/repair of a failed hard drive (presumably, the whole point of 
buying a hotswap array), then your swap *must* be on Raid.




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