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Author: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??
On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 23:52:19 -0800, Rick wrote in message
<20181121075219.GZ4617@???>:

> Quoting Arnt Karlsen (arnt@???):
>
> > ..is/was these 2 separate swap spaces faster stand-alone than put
> > together in a RAID0?
>
> I'm not sure. Adding the additional complication of the md layer to
> the Linux swapper thread's management of alternate access between two
> swap partitions with equal priority seemed really unwise and _likely_
> to (at least) complicate operation, so I avoided doing so on the
> general sentiment of simplicity.
>
> In any event, I gather that there are tradeoffs.
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15052/what-are-the-advantages-of-swap-on-a-raid-1-mirror-device
> https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5898


..hum, looks like you read my question on "swap on RAID0 or not",
as "swap on RAID1 or not", where tradeoffs will be different.

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