Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 02:03:25 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu, "Marcel R. Wingate" <MWingate@cbm-wa.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Harddrives & Filesystems Message-ID: <19990424020324.B271@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19990424101403.C97757@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 10:14:03AM %2B0930 References: <B704930A444AD111944F00600892E8A812AF0E@CBM-NT1> <199904222037.QAA19535@cc03du.unity.ncsu.edu> <19990423104344.H91260@freebie.lemis.com> <19990423151014.B253@marder-1> <19990424101403.C97757@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 10:14:03AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 23 April 1999 at 15:10:14 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 10:43:44AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Thursday, 22 April 1999 at 16:37:50 -0400, rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I have 2 Harddrives in my system and would like some input as to how to > >>>> allocate the file systems (/, /usr, /var, swap, etc) > >>>> > >>>> I have a 500Mb IDE Harddrive and a 2GB SCSI harddrive > >>>> The system is a P90, 32Mb RAM (plan to go to 64Mb soon, so I want to have > >>>> enough swap). > >>> > >>> Usually 1-2x is sufficient for swap, so use 128mb for swap. > >> > >> I'd recommend about 256 MB for swap. In view of the small first disk, > >> I'd put about 64 MB on the first disk and 192 MB on the second disk. > >> The ratio of main memory to swap is not so important, but you should > >> have at least one swap partition slightly larger than main memory so > >> that you can take crash dumps. > > > > What is the benefit of splitting swap between the 2 disks? Why not > > have one swap slice on one disk? > > Performance. > Can you elaborate. A while ago I asked your opinion on my proposed setup over 2 disks, which I've now done: 64MB /, 32MB /var, 256MB swap on the first disk and the whole 4.5GB of the second disk as /usr, but you didn't suggest splitting the swap across the 2 disks. > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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