> > What is the "technical" reason for doing this (Splitting up a partition that
> > is). Does it make it faster? Thanks for the info...
>
> Several reasons. First, no, it doesn't make it faster, until you split
> your partitions across drives (specifically SCSI) or buses/controllers.
>
> On a home machine, it doesn't really make a damn bit of difference, and
> perhaps can be argued its more trouble than its worth.
>
> On a server machine, creating multiple partitions has several advantages:
Actually, there are also disadvantages that one should be aware of:
- splitting partitions can cause trouble when you decide to increase the
disk capacity of that partition in six months. What do you do with that
700M /var partition, when it becomes near-full, and you decide to add
another disk specifically for that partition?
- splitting partitions with the intention for future growth can be
difficult. What happens when you have 500M free on your /usr partition,
because you've decided to also split it into /usr/X11R6, where all your
applications are stored? All at the expense of possibly having another
partition with its bounds being approached...
Dave
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