Re: computing speed depends on location of swap partition??

[Shanu <shanu@xxxxxxxx>]

Arun Sharma wrote:
> 
> The fastest way to run your machine is to have enough RAM so that you
> don't swap at all. But in reality, mere mortals can't afford all that
> much RAM, so you end up swapping.
> 
> If you have multiple disks, having multiple swap partitions striped
> across your disks is a good idea.
> 
>         -Arun

Hi Arun,

	But do IDE based drives support striping?

- -- Shanu

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