[PlanetCCRMA] Partitioning a DAW, special?

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 20:52 +0000, Bob Wilkinson wrote:
> 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?

Completely reasonable... should be better than one drive for
everything. 

-- Fernando


>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando at 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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