From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Dec 21 10:39:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from outlier.axl.net (outlier.axl.net [216.66.11.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 95E7B15040 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:39:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matt@axl.net) Received: (qmail 45794 invoked from network); 21 Dec 1999 18:37:38 -0000 Received: from ws-01.matthennigus.lightningdsl.net (HELO sinister) (216.66.30.66) by outlier.axl.net with SMTP; 21 Dec 1999 18:37:38 -0000 Reply-To: From: "Matthew B. Henniges" To: Subject: RE: partition sizes and securelevel questions Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:39:43 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----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