Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:56:32 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1049136993.ad3fe2@mired.org> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disklabel - 8th partition shows "X" as Partition name Message-ID: <16001.63456.589121.843443@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3E81F673.4040706@centtech.com> References: <3E81D7AE.60603@centtech.com> <3E81E0F2.4060801@gmx.de> <3E81E15C.4050208@centtech.com> <3E81E34D.1010503@gmx.de> <16001.59693.892788.392814@guru.mired.org> <3E81F673.4040706@centtech.com>
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In <3E81F673.4040706@centtech.com>, Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> typed: > Mike Meyer wrote: > [..snip..] > > Of course, one has to wonder why anyone needs as many as seven > > partitions on a single disk. It's far more common to want to go the > > other way, and have multiple disks in a single partition. > Separating the 350Gb up into smaller chunks makes dividing the space for > different projects much easier. Also, this is a RAID 50, so I've got > the "multiple disk in a single partition" taken care of. Different projects is what directories are for - unless there are reasons to have a space firewall between them. In general, the reasons for creating partitions these days are administrative. Otherwise, you're just creating things that will run out of space quicker than having one big one. Have you thought about dividing the disks up into different RAID devices to mimic your administrative needs? <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information.
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