Swap mirroring with LSM

From: n. federov (BldrxJ_at_netscape.net)
Date: 01/21/04

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    Dear Tru64 managers,

    I am running tru64 5.1b on an ES45, pk3.

    I'm wondering if there would be a performance hit from mirroring my swap volume in LSM. Intuitively, mirrored swap doesn't sound like it would be very performance-friendly, however this depends I think on how the LSM driver handles I/O.

    Could someone explain to me whether mirroring my swap space will cause a performance degradation, and if so, for what reason? If not, why not?

    Thanks very much in advance...

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    nikolai
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