From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Jan 31 16:48:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA10344 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:48:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA10331 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:48:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id BAA15464; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 01:30:20 +0100 (MET) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id BAA21866; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 01:18:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andreas) Message-ID: <19980201011847.12880@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 01:18:47 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm To: andrew@pubnix.net, "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Cc: lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail - low on space References: <199801280614.WAA01700@MindBender.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Andrew Webster on Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 08:14:13AM -0500 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 08:14:13AM -0500, Andrew Webster wrote: > > I fail to see the difference. Whether /usr OR /var fills up, the machine > will be brought to its knees. Only the OS resides in /usr. A separate /var stabilizes much. I assume accounts go to something like /home ! QUOTA might help you, that users have a limited amount of space for mailboxes. > Until FreeBSD has something like AIX's extenisble file system, the /var > partition, while it's concept noble, is rather useless since it can't be > grown as needed. You can buy a 9 GB disk and mount it as /var/spool/mail. > The bottom line is no matter how well you plan in adanvce, you MAY end up > with /var overflow if you are hosting many mail boxes, UUCP feeds, and so > forth. Yes, so consequently spread these services over many machines or disks. -- Andreas Klemm powered by ,,symmetric multiprocessor FreeBSD''