Re: Comments on proposed partitioning scheme
Here's my opinion:
* I wouldn't use raid for a desktop system but a backup program such
as rsnapshot. You can mirror each disk this way, the main advantage is
that when you throw something away by accident it is still there in
your backup while with raid you would have lost it. Raid (and lvm)
can make disaster recovery more difficult
* I think encryption is not well suited for a desktop system, unless
you have some special need for it (e.g. laptop). It creates extra
overhead, meaning it is a lot slower then a normal file system + it
makes disaster recovery more difficult.
* Furthermore I prefer a simple partion scheme: mine is:
/dev/sda1 swap 1 GB
/dev/sda2 / 100 GB
/dev/sda3 /home 889 GB
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