From: Mike Richards <mrmikerich@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Swap partition vs swap file
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:57:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <516d7fa80506281757188b2fda@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Is there any significant difference these days between a swap
partition and a swap file?
An exhaustive Google search turns up several conflicting answers. The
consensus seems to be that a swap partition is more efficient than a
swap file, but whether or not the difference is noteworthy is never
definitively answered.
For the sake of argument, let's assume you've got modern hardware with
ample RAM and a recent kernel (a late 2.4.x or 2.6.x), and that under
normal conditions you never seeing more than 50-100MB of swap used.
Given this situation, is there any significant performance or
stability advantage to using a swap partition instead of a swap file?
next reply other threads:[~2005-06-29 1:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-29 0:57 Mike Richards [this message]
2005-06-29 5:03 ` Swap partition vs swap file Andrew Morton
2005-06-29 10:37 ` Marat Buharov
2005-06-29 11:46 ` Douglas McNaught
2005-07-07 19:50 ` Mike Richards
2005-07-07 21:59 ` Andrew Morton
2005-07-08 0:44 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-07-08 1:22 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-07-08 15:35 ` Jeremy Nickurak
2005-07-08 21:35 ` Helge Hafting
2005-07-08 22:41 ` Wakko Warner
2005-07-09 22:59 ` Eric Sandall
2005-07-10 1:45 ` Wakko Warner
2005-07-10 2:14 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-07-10 12:54 ` Wakko Warner
2005-07-10 21:40 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-07-11 11:10 ` Helge Hafting
2005-07-12 21:53 ` Wakko Warner
2005-07-13 10:58 ` Jan Engelhardt
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