Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 May 2003 00:03:34 -0700 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: Are linux-fs's drive-fault-tolerant by concept? |
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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.) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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