- Jan 16, 2001
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Disclaimer: I'm a Linux n00b but I'm trying to learn.
I've installed Ubuntu Server on a system that is complete overkill for it's intended usage (file server for 3 people and backup storage) and want to optimize the system. Reloading the OS is not a problem as there is no data on the box yet. I appreciate your help.
Questions:
1. I let the installer auto-partition the drive b/c I'm clueless as to what partition actually performs what function. I know that the swap partition should normally be equal to how much RAM you have. But this box has 16GB of RAM and won't be doing much at all, so 16GB of a 128GB SSD seems like a waste of space to me.
Do I even need a swap partition? Probably, but thought I'd ask. Should I leave the swap at 16GB? If not, what size should it be?
2. I will eventually be physically installing a 4-drive, RAID5 HW array/3Ware 9650 SE RAID card. The array is formatted NTFS and the data is critical (I have a backup on an external HD). Linux reads NTFS and can share the data via SAMBA; that much I know. So the array should be plug and play. Is that correct?
Would it be beneficial to recreate the array formatted EXT4 and recopy the data from the ext HD to the array? Is there some performance hit taken when reading NTFS data, via Samba, over the network to Windows clients? Hope I explained that well enough.
Thanks for your help.
I've installed Ubuntu Server on a system that is complete overkill for it's intended usage (file server for 3 people and backup storage) and want to optimize the system. Reloading the OS is not a problem as there is no data on the box yet. I appreciate your help.
Questions:
1. I let the installer auto-partition the drive b/c I'm clueless as to what partition actually performs what function. I know that the swap partition should normally be equal to how much RAM you have. But this box has 16GB of RAM and won't be doing much at all, so 16GB of a 128GB SSD seems like a waste of space to me.
Do I even need a swap partition? Probably, but thought I'd ask. Should I leave the swap at 16GB? If not, what size should it be?
2. I will eventually be physically installing a 4-drive, RAID5 HW array/3Ware 9650 SE RAID card. The array is formatted NTFS and the data is critical (I have a backup on an external HD). Linux reads NTFS and can share the data via SAMBA; that much I know. So the array should be plug and play. Is that correct?
Would it be beneficial to recreate the array formatted EXT4 and recopy the data from the ext HD to the array? Is there some performance hit taken when reading NTFS data, via Samba, over the network to Windows clients? Hope I explained that well enough.
Thanks for your help.