JacobRhoden wrote:
On Thursday 09 January 2003 12:09, Shaun Dwyer wrote:
is they probably didn't make seperate slices for /, /var and /usr.
What difference does it make as to wether these partions are seperate. I
realise if you have more than one ide drive then having them on seperate
drives is alot better. On single drive machines I usually make only one
partion, what reasons are there to slice it?
It makes a lot of difference. I don't remember the exact numbers, but
the inside of the drive spindle transfers data noticably faster than the
outside. Therefore, putting busy partitions (such as /var and /tmp) at
the beginning of the drive can improve performance a good bit.
Additionally (if you really want to crank up the throughput) you can
format and mount partitions with options that better benefit their
purpose (such as mounting noatime on a /tmp partition).
So, proper partitioning CAN make a big difference in performance.
Especially since the hard drive can _easily_ become the performance
bottleneck on a server.
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