Determining Which Slices to Use

When you set up a disk's file systems, you choose not only the size of each slice, but also which slices to use. Your decisions about these matters depend on the configuration of the system to which the disk is attached and the software you want to install on the disk.

System configurations that need disk space are as follows:

• Servers

• Stand-alone systems

Each system configuration can use slices in a different way. The following table lists some examples.

For more information about system configurations, see Overview of System Types in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.

The Solaris installation utility provides default slice sizes based on the software you select for installation.