On Tuesday 04 December 2007 17:22:24 James Knott wrote: > Matthew Stringer wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 December 2007 15:27:06 James Knott wrote: > >> Matthew Stringer wrote: > >>> I don't normally SoftRAID the swap partitions as it would be faster > >>> just to have multiple ones instead (you're not limited to one). > >> > >> Given one of the goals of RAID is to keep the system running when a > >> drive fails, what happens when a drive containing swap croaks? > > > > Your available swap space would be reduced, doesn't cause the system to > > fail. > > And when it goes to retrieve the contents of that swap that's no longer > there? Drives do fail occasionally, when the system is running.
If you swap over multiple partitions the data is automatically striped, it usually copes OK if a drive blobs Linux is fairly stable these days when it comes to read/write errors. I think you're splitting hairs if you think that sotfRAID1 gives you enough extra stability which outweighs the reduction in performance. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
