nrundy
March 5th, 2011, 09:06 PM
When setting up a new install of Ubuntu with separate partitions for /root, /home, and swap, how big should one make the /root and swap partitions?
I've seen estimates that swap should be 1.3 - 2 times the amount of Ram. And I've seen estimates that /root should be 5 - 25GB in size.
Is there any harm/disadvantage in over-estimating the space allocated for these partitions? If I give /root and swap more space than they really need will this have any negative side effects? I'll have way more HDD space than I'll ever use for /Home either way.
I've seen estimates that swap should be 1.3 - 2 times the amount of Ram. And I've seen estimates that /root should be 5 - 25GB in size.
Is there any harm/disadvantage in over-estimating the space allocated for these partitions? If I give /root and swap more space than they really need will this have any negative side effects? I'll have way more HDD space than I'll ever use for /Home either way.