From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 11 19:15:55 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D9BF16A4D0 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 19:15:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A756F43D41 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 19:15:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43) id 1DVwgT-000IwX-Vw; Wed, 11 May 2005 13:15:54 -0600 In-Reply-To: <200505111802.j4BI2ihS009417@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200505111802.j4BI2ihS009417@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v728) Message-Id: <8360AA4B-9F4C-4988-A5B0-23887D013E60@shire.net> From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 13:15:52 -0600 To: Jerry McAllister X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.728) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: I need further HDD advice before submitting order. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 19:15:55 -0000 On May 11, 2005, at 12:02 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > One more thing. Do not use the socalled 'dangerously dedicated' > disk setup. > Just make one regular slice on each disk that uses all of the disk. > Then partition those slices. You won't notice the difference in > amount of available disk and you might save yourself some headaces > later on. > I am interested in what sorts of problems and headaches can come later on... Assume a server that is FreeBSD only and will never have linux or Winbloze or anything else on it. Thanks Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net