Dúvida com swap

On 28/05/06, Haar János wrote:
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> I can only use swap _file_ in this config, and swapping into file is
> relatively slow.

Not so. With a 2.4.x kernel swap files were slower than swap
partitions, but with the 2.6 kernel a swap file is just as fast as a
swap partition.

In the Linux and *BSD operating systems, it is common to use a whole partition of a HDD for swapping. Though it is still possible to use a file for this, it is recommended to use a separate partition, because this excludes chances of file system fragmentation, which would reduce performance. Also, by using a separate swap partition, it can be guaranteed that the swap region is at the fastest location of the disk, generally the center cylinders between the inner and outer edges of the disk (except for disks with fixed heads). However with the 2.6 Linux kernel swap files are just as fast as swap partitions, this recommendation doesn't apply much to current Linux systems and the flexibility of swap files can outweigh those of partitions. And since modern high capacity hard drives can remap physical sectors you're not even guaranteed that a partition is contiguous, and even if it were, having the swap data near the rest of your data will reduce seek times when swapping was needed, so the performance claims in the earlier paragraphs probably do not apply to modern Linux systems. [citation needed]

Hum, mas no caso de ser fixo.. A cada gravação serão "jogados" novos blocos. E esses blocos não serão contíguos só porque é uma partição diferente, não?