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SubjectRe: Are linux-fs's drive-fault-tolerant by concept?
On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 10:14:19AM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> No amount of code wanking in the filesystem is going to save you if you hit
> an error on your swap partition - but an 'md'-like driver might be able to
> save you.

Unless you swap to a file... ;)

Which can be a overall benifet if you have one filesystem/partition on a
drive. Your swap is closer to you data, and thus faster seek time. :)

Now let's watch all of the people mention all of the deadlocks that come
along with this... (really, I'd like to know.)
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