Disk Partitioning Hints

On all workstations, for audit records...

-- Create at least one audit partition named /etc/security/audit/workstation_name.

On all workstations, for users who can assume a role...

-- Create sufficient swap space.

-- Swap space that is double the size of the workstation's memory is a good rule of thumb.

On a standalone system that will be the home directory server...

-- Create an /export/home partition large enough for the users' home directories.

On a standalone system that will not be a home directory server...

-- Create a small /export partition to hold some temporary configuration files. It also serves as a mount point.

On an OS server...

-- Allocate enough space for the clients' root and swap. See the sample worksheet, "OS Server Installation Program Example"

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Note -

When you install an OS server, you allocate the disk space that is required for the clients that that server will support. Then, after the OS server is installed, you configure the clients (Chapter 10, Configuring Diskless Clients).

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