Real hardware separate for a server partitions for: /home, /var, swap, sometimes /usr, sometimes /var/log/audit
Depends on deployment requirements, and if a system is expected to run after filling up audit.
Real hardware for a at home desktop: /var, swap, maybe /home, or just one partition for / and one for swap.
Cloud: all one partition, put swap in a file if it is needed.
Cloud images are easy to grow if it is just one partition. Cloud-init will handle that automatically with the right packages installed, no configuration needed. Swap partitions are unlikely to be the right size as they vary according to memory and memory varies according to instance/guest sizes. Swap makes auto growing root partition harder (cloud-init custom config injection required). Best practice is to size workload and instances to not need swap whenever possible.
Depends on environment.
Real hardware separate for a server partitions for: /home, /var, swap, sometimes /usr, sometimes /var/log/audit Depends on deployment requirements, and if a system is expected to run after filling up audit.
Real hardware for a at home desktop: /var, swap, maybe /home, or just one partition for / and one for swap.
Cloud: all one partition, put swap in a file if it is needed. Cloud images are easy to grow if it is just one partition. Cloud-init will handle that automatically with the right packages installed, no configuration needed. Swap partitions are unlikely to be the right size as they vary according to memory and memory varies according to instance/guest sizes. Swap makes auto growing root partition harder (cloud-init custom config injection required). Best practice is to size workload and instances to not need swap whenever possible.