From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 02:07:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAFDB16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 02:07:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from freep.dyns.net (adsl-64-170-112-11.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.170.112.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E59FA43D2D for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 02:07:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from micheas@micheas.dyns.net) Received: (qmail 92377 invoked from network); 29 Dec 2003 10:07:32 -0000 Received: from tux.a (HELO tux) (mail@10.0.0.173) by sol.a with SMTP; 29 Dec 2003 10:07:32 -0000 Received: from micheas by tux with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AauJA-0000lS-00; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 02:07:32 -0800 From: Micheas Herman To: Andrea Venturoli In-Reply-To: <200312290930.hBT9UDb6094894@soth.ventu> References: <200312290930.hBT9UDb6094894@soth.ventu> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Free Print Shop Message-Id: <1072692451.2594.9.camel@tux> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 02:07:31 -0800 Sender: Micheas Herman cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vinum swap no longer working. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: micheas@freep.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:07:34 -0000 On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 07:30, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > ** Reply to note from Micheas Herman Sun, 28 Dec 2003 20:00:04 -0800 > > > > # > > # swapon /dev/vinum/swap > > swapon: /dev/vinum/swap: Operation not supported by device > > # > > > > Is this a 5.2 bug or do I have vinum incorrectly configured? > > > > I am using RAID 1 if that matters. > > Can't help you, but I'm just curious... > What is the point in mirroring a swap partition? > Isn't this slowing the system down? > > bye & Thanks > av. > If you lose your swap partition when it is in an unmountable state you may well suffer a kernel panic (hard crash). With drive warranties down to one year I have minimal confidence in my new drives. In theory it should also increase performance of reading from the swap file so performance will depend on what type of use your swap partition gets. It may be a wash, slow your system down noticeably, or speed your system up noticeably. If you really care you need to benchmark it under the loads that you will put your computer under. Micheas > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Micheas Herman email: micheas@freep.org Free Print Shop web: http://www.FreePrintShop.org phone: (415)648-3222 fax: (415)648-3222