Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:55:13 +0200 From: Arjan Knepper <arjan@jak.nl> To: booloo@cats.ucsc.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partioning recommendations for server with a lot of disk Message-ID: <3B287BF1.880AD2A5@jak.nl> References: <20010613141007.A8492@root.ucsc.edu>
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See http://apollo.backplane.com/FreeBSD/tuning.html 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. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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