User`s guide

Installation and Preliminary Operations 24
Disk Partitioning
On the Disk Partitioning Setup screen, select Manual partition with Disk Druid. Do not choose
automatic partitioning since this type of partitioning will create a disk layout intended for
systems running multiple services. In case of OpenVZ, all your services shall run inside Virtual
Private Servers.
Figure 3: Fedora Core Installation - Choosing Manual Partitioning
Create the following partitions on the Hardware Node:
Partition Description Typical size
/
Root partition containing all Hardware Node operating system
files
2-4 Gb
swap
Paging partition for the Linux operating system 2 times RAM
/vz
Partition to host OpenVZ templates and Virtual Private Servers all the remaining space
on the hard disk