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On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 08:05:33AM -0500, Leonard Isham wrote:
The main tip would be to have the swap partition close to the middle of the disk, so you can reduce the disk head seek time. At least in theory, considering there is no sector realocation due to bad blocks.
Thats an interesting point. Would help, I am sure.
There is an old, well maybe ancient recommendation for keeping your swap on your least used drive, as far as data goes.
I know the rationalization behind that idea, of course, but I have to strongly disagree with it.
Disk head seek time is the real bad guy. Keeping the more often accessed areas at the center of the disk will give you performance improvements, specially with new disks.
Yes, putting the swap on the least used drive/area will potentialy increase the longevity of the disk media, but can cause the mechanical part of the disk (hello Maxtor!) to break earlier. In any case, disks on servers should be replaced each 2 years.
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