Question about partion in Ubuntu

[Anthony M. Rasat]

>The problem of this is it is pretty >waste. Installing Ubuntu may >never needs 160GB spaces. >However, home directory can >easily exceed 160GB.Is there >anyway, I can make home >directory, say 280GB, and leave >40GB for the system?

I think you may want to use LVM. But:

1) It requires users to fully understand concept of LVM.
2) It may need you backup everything and install from scratch that some thought don't have the time to.
3) It is quiet picky on filesystem choice. Some filesystem can be expanded or shrinked, some just don't have that feature yet.
4) Disaster recovery is quiet work-intensive. You may want to have a regular backup plan.
5) However when you employ LVM, it pays. LVM is a feature that enterprise class servers use to handle storage challenges.

Just my 2 cents.

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