Fresh install Kubuntu 13.10: how best to partition the HD for optimal, smooth Kontakt & Akonadi

[O. Sinclair]

On 10/27/2013 02:52 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 27/10/13 12:35, O. Sinclair wrote:
>> On 10/27/2013 02:01 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>> On 27/10/13 11:12, O. Sinclair wrote:
>>>> On 10/27/2013 11:55 AM, Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
>>>>> Hi Bruce,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On Friday, October 25, 2013 11:24:35 PM you wrote:
>>>>>>> Dear Everybody,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks for all the input so far - clear enough to work with it!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For now, one question remains. Do I need to create ONE or TWO /home
>>>>>>> partitions? Background of this question: in the thread 'Still 100%
>>>>>>> CPU when
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would create two.   One for normal use and one as a backup... Then
>>>>>> use the
>>>>>> backup to back up your home before switching to a new system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just keep in mind that a backup is meant to keep your data secure,
>>>>> making a backup partition on the same hard drive will not protect you
>>>>> from a hardware failure and makes the whole backup useless. Backups
>>>>> should be done on a different physical media, else it has no point at
>>>>> all.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards, Myriam
>>>>>
>>>> I agree 100 on that. I have been reading this thread with some
>>>> interest though to me it seems a bit "overkill" configuration. But to
>>>> keep a backup on same disk will only save you if you mess up your
>>>> config/data, not if the disk has a breakdown. I have been there
>>>> (stolen laptop actually) and boy was I happy to have vital data on a
>>>> usb harddrive.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Sinclair
>>>>
>>>
>>> Absolutely spot on. Which is why I always have 2 HDDs in the computer
>>> and the second HDD contains the Data partition containing the folders
>>> which are symlinked from /home which is on the first HDD.
>>>
>>> And to be even more paranoid, all my HDDs are in mobile racks. When I go
>>> interstate the HDDs are removed and are locked away in a safe. Also go
>>> into the safe are the USB devices (flash discs and external HDDs)
>>> containing the backups. The safe is burglar proof, fire proof and
>>> immovable.
>>
>> well that became a bit off topic, right ;-)
>> for my part I use laptop so second HDD is a no-go. And a safe is more
>> than I care to invest in at this moment in life. But I always do a
>> backup of data (luckybackup works really well) and keep an updated
>> image (Remastersys) of my setup on 2 separate USB flash. One goes with
>> me, one stays home.
>
> But, hopefully, buried somewhere in the backyard, right?
>
> (I know of one person who has a map of his backyard because he has all
> sorts of things buried in his 'yard :-D .)
>
Kind of less dramatic to keep one backup with friend/family/office 
outside house and one in house... no? Your friend kind of sounds like a 
"survivalist" ready for WW III or invasion by the zombies