Partition and performance advice wanted for new build.
by tek3195 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5CJBE)
Hi, I am building a new development PC and could use some guidance on partitioning and whether there are performance gains to be had from different schemes. It's an ASROCK Deskmini 310W with Core i7-9700, 32GB (2x16)DDR4@2666MHz of TeamGroup Elite with 500GB 970 Evo NVMe, 1TB SK Hynix Gold S31 3D NAND SSD and a 2TB WD Blue SATA 6Gb/s HDD. I've always used a seperate /home and /swap but don't know what I should do with new gear. I have read conflicting info on swap space, or more like conflicting opinions as they can't all be right. Do I need swap space with 32G RAM and if so does it need its own partition or just a swap file. Some installers pitch a bitch if you try without swap and it's not clear. I am planning on putting a windows install on the HDD to run a few service tools for android that are not Linux compatible, but only giving it about 200GB of space. A share partition of undetermined size still leaves quite a bit of room. So how should I optimize the two SSD's for a Debian install that is mainly for building android with no games to be played ? I can't find anything recent on whether seperate partitions would be beneficial or if LVM would be better. I just want the fastest build times I can get out of it and really want to do it right. It's the first build I've put together and don't want to screw up decent parts with a crap configuration. I most likely left something out, if so I apologize and will provide any needed info. Thanks
Side note: anyone doing a new build may want to remove the fan from the heat sink for inspection and cleaning. I am about to dis-assemble everything now, as I was connecting wifi to close the case up I needed to squeeze by the fan so I removed it. When I picked the fan up a ridiculous amount of copper shavings fell into radiator. ID-COOLING did not clean up after surfacing the thermal pad and left a bunch of absolute motherboard shorts waiting to happen. No way I could put power to it now without completely tearing it apart and emptying a can of air on it.


Side note: anyone doing a new build may want to remove the fan from the heat sink for inspection and cleaning. I am about to dis-assemble everything now, as I was connecting wifi to close the case up I needed to squeeze by the fan so I removed it. When I picked the fan up a ridiculous amount of copper shavings fell into radiator. ID-COOLING did not clean up after surfacing the thermal pad and left a bunch of absolute motherboard shorts waiting to happen. No way I could put power to it now without completely tearing it apart and emptying a can of air on it.