Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:51:20 -0500
From:      Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com>
To:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Using mdconfig for swap space
Message-ID:  <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3037EBB7@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Are there any advantages to using mdconfig and creating a virtual disk for =
swap space as opposed to having a designated swap partition? For example, I=
 could do something like this:

mdconfig -a -t swap -f /var/swap0 -s 4g
swapon -a /dev/md0

to add 4G to the system swap space backed by the file /var/swap0. How would=
 this compare to repartitioning my hard drive and adding a new 4GB swap par=
tition?




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3037EBB7>