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By Matt Dillon

Arjan

Mark Boolootian wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I've got a server which is used primarily for monitoring network utilization.
> The box produces lots and lots of graphs using RRDTOOL and NRG and is
> generally I/O bound (at least, the old server was - hopefully the new box
> won't have that problem).
>
> What I've got is effectively a 50 GB disk (RAID 0 over three 18 GB disks)
> which I need to partition.  Most the servers I've deployed over the past
> couple of years I've built with just swap and /, and I really like the
> simplicity of that.  Perhaps I suffer some increased exposure to the
> consequences of disk errors in this configuration, but the tradeoff with
> never having to worry about a partition filling (before a disk fills) has,
> to date, paid off.
>
> However, with 50GB, I'm feeling less comfortable with the big / and nothing
> else.  Can anyone offer advice as to why I might prefer multiple partitions
> instead of one big one (or vice-versa)?   I saw Greg Lehey's email from
> last December in which he says the new version of his book will recommend
> swap and / for up to 4 GB filesystems.  Why cap it at 4 GB?
>
> Any responses would be appreciated.  I feel like I'm in limbo with this
> stupid machine because I can't decide on the partitioning...
>
> mb
>
> p.s. I'm not subscribed to freebsd-questions and would appreciate being
> copied directly on responses (as opposed to reading via the archives).  Thanks.
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