A general standard is to have one partition entirely for the OS only. Have
another partition for your applications. The less you fragment an OS
partition the better it will perform. Adding and removing programs and or
files will fragment a partition. True you can defrag it but it is just good
practice to have the OS on its own partition. Don't want to have to worry
about low space or log files that have to be deleted because applications
are taking up some valuable space. It is a preference, not a performance
bonus.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bacardi K. Bryant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 4:28 PM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: Partition or Not?

Are there any performances hits with large disks with one partition?  I
have a habit of partitioning into 10gig increments, however a friend
hates partitioning at all.  I told him that it's better for performance,
but actually I just kinda made that up.

But for the sake of knowing, is there a loss of performance on larger
partitions?

P.S.  He's a personal friend so it's no biggie, I did break a server
build or anything. =P

Bacardi K. Bryant, MCP
Assistant Manager of Technology
Kinko's, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]





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