From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 16 23:55:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34FF416A4CE for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 23:55:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from timon.swistgroup.com (timon.swistgroup.com [196.44.35.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8804F43D49 for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 23:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from conrad.burger@swistgroup.com) Received: from mailnull by timon.swistgroup.com with local (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1BPc26-0006rI-Fa for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 17 May 2004 08:55:30 +0200 Received: from steinmail.swistgroup.com ([172.16.1.3])by timon.swistgroup.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD)id 1BPc26-0006r6-Dz; Mon, 17 May 2004 08:55:30 +0200 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 08:55:30 +0200 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [kern/60555] vinum volume as a swap device not possible onFreeBSD 5.2.1 Thread-Index: AcQ7OCMTke/TAHVcTXGrX82J3S8BjwAo4Fig From: "Conrad Burger" To: "Patrick M. Hausen" , X-Scan-Signature: 7d71333df42aa74fe87e0444340e3c13 X-Disclaimer: SWIST cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: [kern/60555] vinum volume as a swap device not possible onFreeBSD 5.2.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 06:55:34 -0000 ************************************************************ Click here to view our e-mail legal notice: http://www.swistgroup.com/email.htm or call: +27 21 888 7920 ************************************************************ Thanks=20 Will try it. Cheers=20 Conrad=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick M. Hausen [mailto:hausen@punkt.de]=20 > Sent: 16 May 2004 01:21 PM > To: aw1@stade.co.uk > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: [kern/60555] vinum volume as a swap device not=20 > possible onFreeBSD 5.2.1 >=20 >=20 > Hello! >=20 > Adrian Wontroba wrote: >=20 > > On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 03:36:11AM +0200, Conrad Burger wrote: >=20 > > > I am trying to mirror a servers swap partition using=20 > vinum, but it=20 > > > doesn't seem to be possible in FreeBSD 5.2.1. > > =20 > > > Just need to know if I should downgrade to 5.1 ? >=20 > > Looks like downgrading to 5.1 (or even the current=20 > production release=20 > > (4.9, soon to be 4.10)), is your best short-term option. Or do=20 > > without mirrored swap. >=20 > I'm running 5.2.1 systems with a vinum mirrored swap this way: >=20 > - prepare a vinum mirrored drive > - create an UFS filesystem on it > - create a large file of ~90% of the file systems size > - swap to that >=20 > There is a performance penalty when swapping to plain files=20 > instead of a dedicated disk, but IMHO a properly sized system=20 > should rarely swap at all. >=20 > HTH, > Patrick > --=20 > punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung > Vorholzstr. 25 Tel. 0721 9109 -0 Fax: -100 > 76137 Karlsruhe http://punkt.de > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list=20 > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/free> bsd-stable > To=20 > unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20