On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > As for a smaller SSD just for booting, there's a tiny advantage in > that it's physically separate so if you're at all prone to making CLI > mistakes, there can be an isolation advantage. But as far as > performance, no not really. GPT supports 128+ partitions, and LVM is > in somewhere into the stratosphere beyond that many. So with either > conventional partitions, or LVM (or Btrfs subvolumes) there are many > ways to segment your SSD however you want. Anecdote: Just today I switched things around on my Intel NUC. It has a 1TB HDD used for data subvolumes mount in /srv and shared with samba. But also is carved up with LVM for VM stuff and throw away block devices for testing. And carved up with a few conventional partitions for /boot/efi, /boot, and /. The HDD's biggest drawback is latency (both head seek latency and rotational latency). So I just moved the boot related stuff over to a Samsung SDXC Card. The sequential performance of the SD Card is a bit less than the HDD, but boot times, and system update times, are much shorter (almost 1/2) due to the difference in latency. The other advantage, I could now spin down the 1TB laptop HDD in this NUC, since this little server isn't used every day. Now that there's no system or logs going to the HDD, it will go to sleep. Chris Murphy _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
