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From: plm@compi.hobby.nl (Peter Mutsaers)
Subject: 2 swap devices: does it make sense?
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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 20:18:59 GMT

If I define 2 swap devices, each on a different disk, and I'm doing
heavy disk I/O: will both swap devices be used by FreeBSD 2.1 to
divide the disk I/O over the two disks?
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