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> Is it better to have all your swap space on one disk or to have
> it distributed equally over say 2 or 3 disks?

Thanks to all who replied.  Everyone said it's better to use multiple
drives for large amounts of swap space and that it would be even more
effective if the devices were on different SCSI buses.  There are a
couple of caveats.  Obviously, if your swap space is small then there's
no point in distributing it over several disks.  Also, it would not
be good to put some of your swap on a very slow &/| small disk.  Of course,
your operating system must be able to take advantage of multiple devices
for swap.

Ultrix4.2A does allow multiple devices for swap (see man 8 swapon).

Thanks again to all for getting a question answered quickly.

 - Roger

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