Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 12:12:29 -0600 From: "Scott Gerhardt" <scott@gerhardt-it.com> To: <absinthe@pobox.com>, "Ronald R. Perez" <ronaldp76@earthlink.net>, <ravi@cow.org>, "Jim Mock" <mij@soupnazi.org> Cc: "Mark Pude" <markpude@hotmail.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: /var/ is full Message-ID: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGCEPCCMAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com> In-Reply-To: <20011108173426.43293.qmail@web10405.mail.yahoo.com>
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Yes, the default /var is grossly undersized and can result in suprises for newbies that don't realize how large the logs and mail spool can get on a busy server, especially when virtual hosting. I think the default location for data i.e. MySQL databases is in /var/db as well, so database requirements should be considered. These are things that are not obvious to the new FreeBSD'er. In my installation, I made a 2GB /var/log partition just for logs. That way if logging get's out of control the mail spool and other processes that rely on /var are not affected. I also made /var quite large (6GB) to handle databases and mail spool. Of course every installation will be different depending upon the purpose of the Server. -Scott > I think it should be mentioned that the Auto option in the > FreeBSD installer > makes quite undersized /var mounts (IMO)... and in fact I > think the default is > 20MB. > > I would propose making this default to something 60-100MB in > the next RELEASE. > 20MB isn't suitable for what most people seem to be doing anymore. > > Dylan > > --- "Ronald R. Perez" <ronaldp76@earthlink.net> wrote: > > The same thing is happening to my machine. How do we go > about in resizing > > the /var partition? The size of my /var partition is 20MB. > > > > thanks, > > ronald > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Find a job, post your resume. > http://careers.yahoo.com > > 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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