From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j42CwwO08863 for ; Mon, 2 May 2005 08:58:58 -0400 Received: from nexredback-216-168-119-94.nexicom.net (nexredback-216-168-119-94.nexicom.net [216.168.119.94]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j42Cwu4n019307 for ; Mon, 2 May 2005 08:58:57 -0400 Message-ID: <42762406.9010000@mikebabcock.ca> Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 08:58:46 -0400 From: "Michael T. Babcock" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_godzilla2.triplepc.com-5428-1115038727-0001-2" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] swap on LVM References: <4270E3C4.1090408@nextra.ro> <4270ED4E.8090500@mikebabcock.ca> <20050430154315.GB806@bobby.schwinge.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20050430154315.GB806@bobby.schwinge.homeip.net> Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: To: LVM general discussion and development This is a MIME-formatted message. If you see this text it means that your E-mail software does not support MIME-formatted messages. --=_godzilla2.triplepc.com-5428-1115038727-0001-2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thomas Schwinge wrote: >>I've had crashes directly attributable to Swap on LVM both LVM1 and LVM2. >> >> > >I can't confirm that, as I've been using swap partitions on LVs on >several systems with both LVM1 and LVM2 for some years without problems. > > > Everything seemed to be working fine on those servers -- except that once every few months, the customer would call and complain that the machine had "locked up" without reason. Usually it was when they'd been doing something memory intensive. In each case, moving swap onto its own partition or into a file on a non-LVM partition fixed the problem. -- Michael T. Babcock --=_godzilla2.triplepc.com-5428-1115038727-0001-2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thomas Schwinge wrote: 
I've had crashes directly attributable to Swap on LVM both LVM1 and LVM2.
    

I can't confirm that, as I've been using swap partitions on LVs on
several systems with both LVM1 and LVM2 for some years without problems.

Everything seemed to be working fine on those servers -- except that once every few months, the customer would call and complain that the machine had "locked up" without reason.  Usually it was when they'd been doing something memory intensive.

In each case, moving swap onto its own partition or into a file on a non-LVM partition fixed the problem.
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Michael T. Babcock
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