Life on the bleeding edge

[Tim Writer]

Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> writes:

> On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:05:34AM -0400, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> > There are useful reasons for making /tmp or /var separate partitions
> > regardless of upgrade
> 
> Certainly, but having seperate partitions for a whole bunch of things
> usualyl causes more trouble than it is worth with a modern distribution.

How so? I think it depends on usage. For a notebook/desktop user coming
from Windows, a single large partition is probably easier to understand.
For a server, a single large partition reduces manageability, security, and
reliability IMO.

Personally, I use LVM on everything, even notebooks. For desktops and
servers I use LVM on RAID.

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