From: Andy Smith <andy@lug.org.uk>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NVRAM support
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:54:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060213115444.GY32687@strugglers.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060213092204.GB3209@harddisk-recovery.nl>
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On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 10:22:04AM +0100, Erik Mouw wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 05:02:02PM -0800, dean gaudet wrote:
> > it doesn't seem to make any sense at all to use a non-volatile external
> > memory for swap... swap has no purpose past a power outage.
>
> No, but it is a very fast swap device. Much faster than a hard drive.
Wouldn't the same amount of money be better spent on RAM then?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-13 11:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-10 9:01 NVRAM support Mirko Benz
2006-02-10 12:42 ` Erik Mouw
2006-02-10 15:43 ` Bill Davidsen
2006-02-11 1:02 ` dean gaudet
2006-02-13 9:22 ` Erik Mouw
2006-02-13 11:54 ` Andy Smith [this message]
2006-02-13 13:35 ` Guy
2006-02-14 10:17 ` Erik Mouw
2006-02-15 8:24 ` Mirko Benz
2006-02-15 23:00 ` Neil Brown
2006-02-16 10:05 ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2006-02-20 9:57 ` Mirko Benz
2006-02-20 23:16 ` Neil Brown
2006-02-10 17:38 ` Paul Clements
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