Hard disk partition

For my work, I partition my hard disk like this:


/boot  　　　　500 MB    　　　primary partition  　　　　Ext4
/swap 　　　　32 GB      　　　 primary partition  　　　　Ext4
/ 　　　 　　　120 GB     　　　 primary partition  　　　   Ext4
/home 　  　　the rest of the hard disk　　　　logical partition 　　　Ext4

I mainly store files. /home gets the most of the space.

There should be enough space for the programs. There should also be enough space for the boot loader of GRUB in /boot.

Partitioning the hard disk is good for backing up, e.g. by Redo Backup and Recovery.