Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:39:43 -0500 From: "Matthew B. Henniges" <matt@axl.net> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: partition sizes and securelevel questions Message-ID: <NDBBJIOBFAJNKGAGLICJCEEDDPAA.matt@axl.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.991221094558.17512D-100000@roble2.roble.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Roger Marquis > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 12:51 PM > To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: partition sizes and securelevel questions > > > > I just finished setting up a new mail server, and this is what > I ended up > > with: > > /dev/da0s1a 127023 21254 95608 18% / > > /dev/da0s1e 2032623 726774 1143240 39% /usr > > /dev/da0s1f 6533601 98938 5911975 2% /var > > /dev/da1s1e 1016303 5892 929107 1% /var/log > > /dev/da1s1f 7417626 807885 6016331 12% /usr/home > > ... > > I wanted the highest performance possible, so I tried to think of things > > that HAVE to happen at the same time tried to arrange things so > they affect > > different disks. > > This model has 5 partitions on 2 disks. That's 3 partitions more than > you need. It's also 3 times more likely to experience a full > partition than a system with only 1 partition per disk. Perhaps it > would be easier to use symbolic links to maintain /var/log on a > different disk than /var? > It's also much more likely to be able to successfully fsck the partitions after an unclean shutdown. Partitions with a lot of activity, like var and var log, are at high risk from an unclean shutdown. I'd rather not have any other data on the same partitions if I can help it. Matthew B. Henniges Axl.net Communications http://www.axl.net (203) 552-1714 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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