[KLUG Members] Disk partition

[Bruce Smith]

>>>Is it acceptable to have just a swap partition and a "/"
>>>partition?
>>>
>>Yes.  For regular "desktop power user" this works just fine.  It
>>can hurt alot if you'll be hosting multiple simultaneous users.
> 
> Agreed...


If you really have heavy I/O usage, you can do much better by
breaking your partitions up onto different hard drives, as
opposed to partitioning a single hard drive.

Otherwise, I'd be more concerned about separating out partitions
that might fill up.

If neither are a concern, just make it one big partition.

>>>And on the subject of swap space, is the general rule to create a swap space
>>>1.5 times the amount of RAM in the machine?
>>>
>>There is no general rule.
> 
> At this point I go with 1x, because all my machines have tons of
> RAM.


Yes, it's silly to have a machine that swaps these days with the
price of RAM being what it is now.

You can also do some "trial and error" to find out how much swap
you really need.  It's not hard to add more swap.

Or if you have the extra space, give yourself plenty of swap and
don't worry about it.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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