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Simple Harddisk partition, assume only for vps and have or more 50GB of space

/boot    200MB
/tmp    2GB
/    20GB
/home    rest of partition

For a dedicated server with 160GB space or more

/boot	200MB
/tmp	2GB
/usr	15GB
/var	20GB
/	20GB
/home	rest of partition
/backup another physical disk

SWAP partition always twice the memory size. The size is just for reference only. They adjustable to your needs.

Update: April 12, 2009 got ref from http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=526319

So below is the equation for partitions for cpanel server (HDD 250GB/Mem 2GB)

/boot        150MB
/usr          10% of HDD = 10% of 250GB = 25GB
/var          5% of HDD = 5% of 250GB = 12,5GB or you can round up 15GB
/tmp         1 x Memory = 1 x 2GB = 2GB
swap         2 x Memory = 2 x 2GB = 4GB
/              10GB
/home       the rest of HDD
/backup    another hdd just use them all

edit /var should have 15% of HDD

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