Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 18:38:46 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Dale Chulhan - Away <dchulhan@uwi.tt> Cc: antionline@onelist.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Swap Files vs Swap Partitions Message-ID: <20000116183846.M508@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <38827721.71FB7187@uwi.tt>; from dchulhan@uwi.tt on Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 09:57:53PM -0400 References: <38827721.71FB7187@uwi.tt>
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* Dale Chulhan - " Away <dchulhan@uwi.tt> [000116 18:25] wrote: > > looking for PROPER ( qualified ) answers to this question from a > friend... > > > In the context of *nix...what are the distinct pros 'n cons > > re: swap partitions vs. swapfiles???? apart from the obvious: > > the filesystem overheads, I mean. exactly that. swap partitions are _much_ better than swapfiles, note that some operating systems allow swapping to the free-space on a filesystem, however once you get that far you are probably so seriously hosed it's not worth the effort. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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