Partitioning advice HDD + SSD 3TB

rjk · 02-12-2014, 02:45 AM

I think I've made up my partitioning plan:

SSD [128GB]:

/ [40GB]
/home [88GB]

HDD [3TB]:

/data [2.8TB] (symlinked to /home/data)
/swap [8GB]
Leave the remaining ~0.2TB for safety reasons - e.g. if at some point I'd want to create Windows partitions

I'll also move /tmp to RAM (which I'll upgrade to at least 8GB).

Thanks for all the answers.

pan64 · 02-12-2014, 03:02 AM

you can mount your HD directly to /home/data if you wish. I do not know if you really need 12 GB swap. Here are some hints: http://apcmag.com/how-to-maximise-ss...with-linux.htm also add /var/run and /var/lock (configure as tmpfs).
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rjk · 02-12-2014, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by pan64

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All done : ).

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Originally Posted by pan64

I do not know if you really need 12 GB swap.

I just thought it won't hurt to add a little more just for safety, but you're probably right and I'll set on 8GB instead.

vl23 · 02-12-2014, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by replica9000

You're right. Not too many documents I've seen specify that noatime implies nodiratime. Now I can save 10 bytes of space

Well Linux still uses the old everything is a file Unix philosophy(Although I am sure Kay Sievers and lainart pottering would change that too if given half the chance.)