Controversy abounds.
Some say the best layout is to put everything under / if so, will a Solaris 10 server crash if / fills up? Will Linux servers crash under the same circumstance?
Others say break out /usr, /var/, and /opt.
Then there's the question of which slices and cylinders to use for swap, /, etc.
What is the best partition layout for Solaris 10?
... the "best" partitioning schema?
It's the one that works best for you, the one you are most satisfied with.
That is why the discussion goes on and on, and on ...
I choose to partition by function, but that's a personal choice.
Therefore my schemas seem weird and peculiar to traditional SysAdmins.
I may configure a desktop to have one contiguous filesystem,
then I might have an application server hold the 3rd party apps on their own
separate slices, while splitting /var away from the rest of the OS.
However ...
"Fastest" ?For the root filesystem?
There are many more important things in this universe to worry about than that.
That's only the OS.
Once the system has booted, it's up and running with only occasional access to "/".
What were you expecting to improve?
