On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Joachim Schipper <joac...@joachimschipper.nl> wrote: > Still, the point I was trying to make - that leaving part of your disk > unpartitioned doesn't really help - stands, no?
Depends. Partitioning or not partitioning is unlikely to make a difference, as it's writes that matter. However, if you need 32G of space, but buy a 128G disk, that will last longer. The 32G will almost certainly last "long enough", but if you're paranoid, you can buy assurance by getting a larger disk. So leaving part of the disk unpartitioned implies you have extra space, which does help, but it's not the partitioning itself which makes the difference.
