Planning Your Disk Space Needs

This section provides hints and information to help you determine your disk needs for HP-UX 11i v1. If you need more disk space (HP-UX 11i v1 generally requires a 4GB root volume), be sure to order the equipment and plan on installing it after backing up your current system as explained later in this chapter.

Planning Hints

Record the hardware path to the CD or DVD drive.
Develop a clear configuration plan, including:
- File system sizes
- Swap space size
- Dump device
- Disk and file-system parameters
- Mirroring information
If installing application programs other than those supplied within an HP-UX 11i v1 Operating Environment (OE), consider the vendor’s size recommendations.
When planning disk space, refer to these books:
- Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators or HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for Partitions — Both manuals are available on the HP-UX 11i v1 Instant Information CD and at the Hewlett-Packard documentation web site:
  http://docs.hp.com
- Disk and File Management Tasks on HP-UX — Prentice-Hall Hewlett-Packard Professional Books, 1997.

Planning Your Disk Space Needs

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