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|in a non raid, you've increased the odds an application or the |
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machine will |
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|crash in a failure from losing its swap. The largest gain from a |
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raid array |
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|is fault tolerence and the ability to sustain a failure. By spliting |
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|swap, you decrease the effect an partially cripple the array. |
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|If your machine is swaping to the point you need to increase swap |
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performance, |
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|I think you need to go back to the drawing board and build a better |
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machine. |
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i think that it depends on the purpose of the machine |
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if it is server in 24/7 environment then you are, of course, right |
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i have raid1 setup at home on my workstation and i have two separate |
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swap partitions as i have suggested |
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my point is not to make sure that my machine won't crash if one drive |
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crashes; i just want to be sure that |
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my data are (more) safe |
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i'm using reiserfs which gives me some protection against filesystem |
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corruption in a case of system crash |
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so if i loose one drive, my machine crashes but i won't loose my data, |
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i'm happy |
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that's just my humble opinion |
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regards, |
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martin |
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