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On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Austin Gossmeyer wrote: > > > >> From: tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:20:45 +0100 >> Subject: Re: [LUG] Mounting Partitions >> >> On Thursday 11 June 2009 11:20, Austin Gossmeyer wrote: >>> I have 3x17431M and 2x34857M drives on a Ubuntu 9.04 system. I am wondering >>> the best way to split them up. At the moment Ubuntu is installed on one of >>> the 17431M drives and I was thinking of using one drive for squid logs and >>> another for dansguardian logs. I have formatted the other drives but I am >>> not sure how to get them in use. What space should I give the log files? >>> Thanks in advance. >> Put your swap partition on a drive thats nor used for anything else 'during >> the day' and if possible on the fastest to access drive. That way your system >> can get hold of any swap data asap and in certain situations you'd be amazed >> at the speed up. >> Tom te tom te tom >> > How do I deduce which is the fastest? The hdparm command will do a gross speed test, but the best way to get it faster is to not have swap, but buy more memory. Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html