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From: collins@nvpna1.prl.philips.nl (Donal O Coileain)
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Subject: Re: Disk partitioning
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Date: 21 Aug 90 08:23:08 GMT
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gyp@maadfa.ma.adfa.oz.au (Patrick Tang Guan Yaw) writes:
>For all system administrators out there, 
>how many of you actually partition your disk and what is/are
>your main reason(s) for partitioning your disk.

(I tried to mail this but the mail messages kept bouncing back......) 

We only consider it worth the effort on shared resources.
On our shared resources (file servers, DN10.000's etc) we give the OS it's
own logical volume (partition). The rest of the disk(s) is(are) allocated to
user data. The advantage of allocating a seperate logical volume to the OS
is users can't screw up the system simply by creating large data files, the
disadvantage is that you have to work for yourself how large the OS logical
volume should be, taking into account the size of the OS you plan to
install, the swap and process space needed (etc).