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to: Geo.
from: Robert Comer
date: 2007-05-11 06:47:16
subject: Re: Questions About NT 4 Workstation; I just bought a copy.

From: Robert Comer 

Simply active at the same time, nothing more.

Writes are so much slower that optimizing that makes good sense.

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Bob Comer


On Fri, 11 May 2007 06:23:42 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>"Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
>news:4um743dp5lfmngdv2tiq4bf5io0rg56pfj{at}4ax.com...
>> No, all the NT variants can use multiple swap files at the same time,
>> one on each spindle helps a little on swapping.
>
>Define what you mean by "the same time". NT will choose the
most efficient
>swap file to use for each swap write and then use just that swap file until
>that operation is complete. It will use multiple files but what you get by
>allowing it to write to the closest one you lose when read time comes
>around.
>
>Geo.

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