Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 08:55:30 +0200 From: "Conrad Burger" <conrad.burger@swistgroup.com> To: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de>, <aw1@stade.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: [kern/60555] vinum volume as a swap device not possible onFreeBSD 5.2.1 Message-ID: <DEC925D2FB9081448C3D6EC26E85868CD4D6B2@steinmail.swistgroup.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
************************************************************ 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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?DEC925D2FB9081448C3D6EC26E85868CD4D6B2>