[PlanetCCRMA] Partitioning a DAW, special?

[Bob Wilkinson]

On that same note, Fernando, for speed on my desktop DAW, I assumed that installing two separate SATA hard drives - with / and swap on the first drive SATA0 location, and /home (all my audio files) on the other in SATA2 location would give me better overall throughput (different SATA channels so I'm not attempting to lay tracks and pull information all from the same drive.

Was this a reasonable thought, or did I simply waste money?


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From: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
> On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 06:40 -0800, sevol wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm about to install FC5 + PlanetCCRMA on a laptop & my search for info 
> > about possible special partitioning needs for a Linux DAW hasn't 
> > uncovered anything. This question isn't too rudimentary, I hope. Perhaps 
> > I don't know where to look, but finding nothing to indicate differently 
> > I'm thinking this will be ok:
> > 
> > System Drive
> > 60GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100 (dual boot - 24GB taken by XP)
> > 
> > /	 0.75GB
> > /usr	 7.00GB
> > /tmp	 2.00GB
> > /swap	 1.00GB
> > /var	 0.75GB
> > /home	24.50GB
> 
> I usually use just "/", swap and "/home" (home separate so that you can
> reinstall the os from scratch and keep /home). I can't think of a good
> reason these days to split "/" into several partitions - old timers
> might remember that things like /tmp would go into a separate partition,
> what I fuzzily remember are concerns about /tmp filling up the whole
> root partition otherwise, and the potential for a hung computer...
> 
> -- Fernando
> 
> > USB External Drive
> > 300GB
> > 
> > /audio	300GB
> > _______________
> > 
> > To people who know what they're doing, does this arrangement look bad? 
> > Should a separate /boot partition be added? Is there a better way? Have 
> > I somehow escaped reality? Would the /swap drive be faster on my 
> > external drive? (But then, what if the external drive isn't available 
> > because I'm using the laptop without it? Would a /swap partition on both 
> > drives still be a way to go?)
> > 
> > My setup: Dell Precision M60
> > Mobile Intel Pentium M 2.00GHz; 1024MB (DDR SDRAM); SigmaTel Audio 
> > (onboard audio); PreSonus Firepod; Midiman KeyStation
> > 
> > Suggestions, help, comments or relevant links? Anything, please,
> > 
> > 							underwater
> > 
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