[CentOS] Swap space for kvm virtual host

Mon Mar 14 22:07:26 UTC 2011
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

On 03/14/11 3:02 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
> I'd allocate swap to the raw devices rather than the RAID devices,


why would you use RAID and not RAID your swap?    the primary (many say, 
only) purpose of RAID is to maintain uptime, and having any swap device 
fail will ensure your system immediately crashes.

I *always* mirror my swap devices on any system that is using RAID.