Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:18:45 +0100 From: "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" <wundram@beenic.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net> Subject: Re: Some ideas for FreeBSD Message-ID: <200802070818.45400.wundram@beenic.net> In-Reply-To: <47AAA5F0.4090803@highperformance.net> References: <50460.33951.qm@web34512.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20080207151415.06393db1@meijome.net> <47AAA5F0.4090803@highperformance.net>
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Am Donnerstag, 7. Februar 2008 07:32:16 schrieb Jason C. Wells: > Norberto Meijome wrote: > > But I agree with Wojciech..do you really want to use swap files? > > One could mount an md filesystem and then use that as swap. That way > you wouldn't need to use any disc space. As a plus, the performance > would be way better than disc. Ahem, sorry, that's just plain stupid. Either the md system is backed up by RAM (in which case you don't need the swap anyway; why'd you want to access RAM by putting it in a swap on an md in RAM?), or it's backed up by swap, in which case you have a chicken and egg problem. -- Heiko Wundram Product & Application Development
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