> I dont think put swap on volume is a good idea .
> volume with stripe layout can improve data throughput , but
> swap is not the case . Add a layer will decrease performance.
>
Right.
It was just ment as a very flexible alternative compared to
filesystem swapping.
But no matter what you choose to put swap onto: it doesn't solve the
original asked solution of dynamic swap allocation anyway.
> Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
>
> > The restriction of having partitions set up and the need to add swap
> > swap space can be avoided (beside using swap file(s)) by setting up a
> > LVM system (see <http://linux.msede.com/lvm>).
> > This enables you to create up to 256 so called volumes of arbitrary sizes
> > which can be used like partitions (for eg. as swap).
> >
Regards,
Heinz
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