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Re: [PLUG] Pros and cons of swap in a partition vs. in a file in the file system
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My two cents:
partition: less overhead (how much? need to measure. matters? depends on how
much you use swap, and your application)
file: more flexible (can move from partition to partition, disk to disk,
depending on needs; can resize easily)
If you backup /home you would want to exclude /home/swap.
If you use swap for stand-by mode, that may interfere with resume-from-swap.
Make sure you protect access to swap with appropriate permissions if you use
a file.
Dan W.
On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 11:19:23AM -0500, K.S. Bhaskar wrote:
> Does anyone have any opinions on putting swap in a partition vs. in a
> file (e.g., /home/swap) in the file system? Thank you very much.
>
> -- Bhaskar
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