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- Subject: Re: Swap files versus swap partitions
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- Date: 4 Sep 92 12:07:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep3.130335.18409@klaava.Helsinki.FI> wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
- >What reasons are there to prefer swap partitions instead of swap files?
- >I have the impression that a partition may be a bit faster, but how much
- >is this? 5% or 50%?
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- On a 25Mhz 386SX with 4 megs of RAM, converting my 2Mb swap file into a 2Mb
- partition cut a full kernel rebuild from 40 minutes to 35.
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- Obviously the performance increase isn't amazing, but with Linus bringing out
- multiple swap files at an ftp site near you soon; It seems reasonable to
- create a swap partition first and add a swap file when needed.
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