From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 13 13:08:43 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 18C8316A41F for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:08:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sasa@stupar.homelinux.net) Received: from avs2.arnes.si (avs2.arnes.si [193.2.1.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FD2243D8D for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:08:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sasa@stupar.homelinux.net) Received: from localhost (avs2.arnes.si [193.2.1.75]) by avs2.arnes.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D74126D41F for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:08:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from avs2.arnes.si ([193.2.1.75]) by localhost (avs2.arnes.si [193.2.1.75]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31904-09 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:08:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from xmail.homelinux.net (cmb16-74.dial-up.arnes.si [194.249.51.74]) by avs2.arnes.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2ED526D3E3 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:08:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.10.249] (master.workgroup [192.168.10.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by xmail.homelinux.net (8.13.5/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jBDD8L4j016124 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:08:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sasa@stupar.homelinux.net) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:08:23 +0100 From: Sasa Stupar To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <9E485B2920914ACF50078ED2@[192.168.10.249]> In-Reply-To: <20051213103621.GA1237@flame.pc> References: <200512130029.jBD0T11I020665@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <9CF863F9FF55D6301DA0C9B3@[192.168.10.249]> <20051213103621.GA1237@flame.pc> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.87.1, clamav-milter version 0.87 on mig29.workgroup X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at arnes.si Subject: Re: Slices 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: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:08:43 -0000 --On 13. december 2005 12:36 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-12-13 09:36, Sasa Stupar wrote: >>> The main two reasons for dividing up your FreeBSD disk in to >>> partitions rather than making just one big partition are to reduce >>> the threat of runaway processes and to manage backup and restore >>> sizes. >>> >>> Think those things out to meet your needs and resources. >> >> OK. But then what would be ideal slice size for /, /var, /usr, /boot? > > That's not something that can be answered easily with a "template" > answer. The best sizes are those that match your own needs and > preferences, but only you can describe what these are.' > > Back when I bought a new, bigger disk, I wrote this post: > > > http://keramida.serverhive.com/weblog/archives/2004-10-26/daemonizing-a-n > ew-disk > > which includes a description of the partitions I used and why I chose > these sizes. > > The tuning(7) manpage also has a good description of how to pick a good > disk partitioning scheme: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tuning&sektion=7&apropos=0&manpa > th=FreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE+and+Ports > Thanx. This is very good explanation. -- Sasa Stupar