Article 5H88D Multiple swap partitions on two or more hdd

Multiple swap partitions on two or more hdd

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Grobe
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Hi.

I'm currently in a process of reviving an old computer from 2005, RAM limits to 2GB.

The computer will - when I'm done setting it up - consist of multiple HDD's (no ssd's).

Therefore I have the ability to spread the swap over more than one hdd, however I have some questions in that regard:
  1. Can one get (slightly) better swap performance (i.e. from user perspective) by having multiple swap partitions over two or more hdd's ?
  2. Can there be some issues by using two or more swap partitions ?
I already know that it's optimal to put swap partition on beginning of the hdd and preferably on another drive than the location of /

Thanks in advance for any advice on this :)latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA latest?i=U0ZB2mYkqIo:c9jRpDgqj5k:F7zBnMy latest?i=U0ZB2mYkqIo:c9jRpDgqj5k:V_sGLiP latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs latest?i=U0ZB2mYkqIo:c9jRpDgqj5k:gIN9vFwU0ZB2mYkqIo
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