Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 10:34:35 +0800 (SGT) From: chas <panda@peace.com.my> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Filesystem allocation Recommendations. Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970126104132.00956210@peace.com.my>
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Well, I learned the hard way that the default file
system set up with the "(A)utomatic" allocation was
not the most ideal for a mailserver :
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/wd0a 31775 23647 5586 81% /
/dev/wd0s1f 1801823 66841 1590837 4% /usr
/dev/wd0s1e 29727 13940 13409 51% /var
Needless to say, /usr has been pretty unused and /var got
full a lot. So, I'm going to set up a new FBSD machine
and move everything from the one above to the new one.
Since I really would like to only do this once, could I please
seek some advice from experience admins
1) My initial thoughts this time are to allocate :
50 MB to / (my current 81% utilisation seemed a bit too
close for comfort. i've had enough "root filesystem
full" errors on other platforms)
150 MB to /usr (mail, httpd - and allowing for a few extras in future)
1.7 GB to /var (ie. everything else in /var since it needs it for all
the mail accounts.)
Is there any reason not to go with this ? (any better method from
a maintenance standpoint)
My only worry is that in the past, /var sometimes got full because
of over enthusiastic logging (or when system errors were rife). It
would be nice not to disrupt mail in such circumstances.
2) Transfering users - simply copy the /etc/passwd file and shadow passwd ?
3) If I remember correctly, on AIX, I could change the size of
filesystems in realtime... yes, even decreasing them. Is
there no way to do this on FBSD ? (i fear that such a
useful feature seems to be unique to AIX)
4) Do experienced users actually not allocate all of the space to
filesystems on installation and then allocate on a needs basis,
over the months/years ?
Thank you very much,
chas
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