From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 16 02:07:36 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 5D7F316A41F for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 02:07:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from teoheras@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC44243D46 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 02:07:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from teoheras@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 8so670957nzo for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:07:33 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=cnBS/iqt2NoBQb4/b+8ABn6I8eBfmnIM4ONRb/KwDUqR2282iBQr1uoohpIf4Ss/UZyY84Yaaj1m7t5RDTTCZ+vTNaXadUUpw23kVajhumV8AgWdydrkEQRs3iHBzNhSh2CaQRs4BDGvJz6Vj72TUUrlkBV55KJnBA3UjWxjGk4= Received: by 10.36.3.19 with SMTP id 19mr1240253nzc; Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:07:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.146.18 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:07:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:07:33 -0400 From: Teo De Las Heras To: "Andrew P." In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended partitioning X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 02:07:36 -0000 Some of my reading in books and online does suggest straying from the default when configuring mail and web servers (for example). I do understan= d the importance of following standards, and that's why I'm asking for feedback from this list. Teo On 10/15/05, Andrew P. wrote: > > On 10/16/05, Teo De Las Heras wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Teo De Las Heras > > Date: Oct 15, 2005 4:11 PM > > Subject: Feeback on partitioning > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > > I'm getting ready to set up a single system as a mail, print, web, and > file > > server. I may be installing other applications but nothing as intense a= s > > Xorg. If at all, I'll probably just install some network monitoring > tools. > > I'm placing all of these roles on a single system because it is only fo= r > my > > lab. I have a 160 GB to use and I'm thinking about laying out the > partitions > > as follows: > > Part Size > > / 10G - for both the / and /usr files > > (swap) 2G > > /var 10G - Web server, print spool, other log files?? > > /var/mail 10G - for all mail files and easy backup > > /home 50G - for all user files > > /home/teo 40G - For my files and easy backup > > *The rest of the space I'll leave unused in case I need to grow a > partition > > I'm new to FreeBSD/*Nix so all criticism is welcome. > > Teo > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > FreeBSD is flexible enough to handle any directory > layout you like. No matter what background you > come from, you can always turn a few knobs - > and make yourself at home. > > But if you want to stay with FreeBSD for some > time, if you want to know it better, it's best to > accept the installer's defaults - and get used > to them then. Minimum /, small /var and /tmp, > huge /usr - where all huge things are meant > to be, including web content, home dirs and > even huge logs and huge temporary files. > > The talk is that hier and partitioning might > need some brushing up, but for now, if > you stick to it, you'll find it hard to run into > real trouble when you're left with no solution > other than repartitioning your whole disk. > >