Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:05:29 -0500 (EST) From: doug@safeport.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggested size of /var/mail Message-ID: <20080129105425.Y92107@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20080128090005.V1235@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <479D6E97.6060100@gmx.net> <20080128090005.V1235@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> >> Are there any smart ways to decide how to size /var/mail. >> I plan to put it on a seperate partition ... or shouldn't I? >> > while considered bad/dangerous/whatever i ALWAYS make only 2 partitions: > > swap and root > > and NEVER have problems how to size a partitions. This is not a good idea for a server. Anything that would cause run-away logging would effectively cripple your server. On a workstation I like to have a home partition as I usually start from sratch when going to a major release or skipping a release.
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