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Old 22nd November 2008
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jggimi's recommended procedure for partition planning for any new environment that has unknown capacity requirements.

Step 1: Set aside all preconceived notions of disk space requirements for any individual partition. Ignore anything anyone tells you is "typical" sizing requirements.

Step 2: Install everything in a single, great big root partition. Don't worry, this is temporary.

Step 3: Use the application set / environment for some length of time: days, weeks, months, as needed.

Step 4: By using du(1), determine what your hierarchy is actually consuming.

Step 5: Reinstall with your final configuration, or back up - reconfigure - restore.
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