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- From: dje@cygnus.com (Doug Evans)
- Subject: Re: Swap files versus swap partitions
- Organization: Cygnus Support
- Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 15:33:47 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep04.153347.22415@kithrup.COM>
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- Lars Wirzenius (wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI) wrote:
- : 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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- Tracing through indirect blocks and double indirect blocks has to slow
- things down some, where as a swap partition doesn't have this problem.
-
- Secondly, swap files might be scattered all over the disk (depending upon
- when you create them).
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- Doug Evans | With views like these ...
- dje@cygnus.com | who needs disclaimers.
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