[RndTbl] Partitioning in Linux

[Peter O'Gorman]

On 06/08/2011 07:20 PM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
> Well, not really partitioning. I know how to do that. At work today, the
> question of how to set up some Linux servers arose. To put it in some
> kind of context, when I install Ubuntu Linux (server), by default it
> creates a small /boot partition, the creates a LVM partition with a /
> ext4 partition and a swap partition inside of that.
>
> Is that optimal? Recommended? Some would say that /home, /tmp, /var and
> others should reside in separate partitions/filesystems. Discuss. :-)
>
> Thanks for any input!

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/benefitsoflvmsmall.html

Peter