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Re[2]: 486-100/16mb. linux is slow
Ira Abramov <ira@scso.com> wrote:
> best way, as far as I can see it, is have it on a separate disk, or at
> least the fastest in your system, and better do it at the end of the disk
> (last cylinders) since it is the fstest there.
There are different approaches to the problem (where to put a swap). If we're
talking about single swap partition, it could be better to put swap as close as
possible to the most heavily accessed partition (usually with /usr on it). If
there're two such actively used partitions, I'd put the swap in between. A swap
access acceleration due to its position at the end of disk could be cancelled by
an extra time heads need to path to it. Also, some sysadm's put /usr/lib and
/usr/bin at the end of /usr partition to be faster & closer to the swap.
Evgeny
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