Digital BW, The Print

Keith writes:

> WRONG your page or swap disk should ONLY have
> one file on it.

That is not practical for normal users.

Furthermore, in optimization circles, we do not speak of disks; we speak of
spindles, heads, surfaces, and cylinders.  Sometimes we even speak of
channels and controllers.  To really optimize, you need a separate copy of
each.  But the gain is small in this case, and the overhead and expense of
setting up such a configuration is ridiculously large.

> If you run your page/scratch/swap disk on
> any but its own partition that is a wholly
> different manner.

Running it on its own partition gains nothing, unless the above rules are
followed.  In fact, running it on a separate partition on the same physical
spindle can hurt performance.

System optimization is a complex subject, not to be undertaken lightly.  For
the average user, it is more trouble than it is worth.  If the system is too
slow, just buy a faster system.