Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 16:43:36 +0100 From: freebsd.org@donnacha.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Harald Schmalzbauer <harry@schmalzbauer.de> Subject: Re: How should I divvy up my HDDs? Suggestions Please. Message-ID: <427A3F28.4040106@donnacha.com> In-Reply-To: <200505051653.00301@harrymail> References: <200505051256.j45Cu2rM009492@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <200505051653.00301@harrymail>
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Hi Harald, thanks. GPT sounds great but the quick search I did turned up a lot of references to 64-bit chips i.e. FreeBSD.org said "The GPT partitioning scheme was introduced with the ia64 architecture as an MBR replacement". Can GPT be also be used on 32-bit chips? My server has a single P4 2.8 533FSB. Also, is it easy to implement and commonly know about? I ask because I won't be the one doing the initial installation. Thanks, Donnacha Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2005 14:56 schrieb Jerry McAllister: > >>>Hello, I'm new to FreeBSD and this list, my name is Donnacha, I'm an >>>Irishman living in Edinburgh, Scotland. >>> >>>I have read The Complete FreeBSD's section on disk partioning but >>>would very much appreciate some advice on how to divide up the 2 HDDs >>>I'm getting on my new server. >>> >>>The server is located in a facility in the US and will be used as a >>>Web and email server. It has an 80GB HDD and a 200GB HDD, both IDE >>>but I'm asking for them to be placed on seperate buses. >>> >>>I was thinking of using the 80GB as the primary and placing / on it, >>>while putting /var, /usr and /home on the 200GB. >>> >>>I'll have 2GB of RAM, so, I was thinking about putting 2GB of swap on >>>each HDD. >>> >>>How does that sound. I would be very grateful for any advice you can >>>give me before I relay my instructions to the guys doing the >>>installation. >> >>It depends a lot on what you leave in /usr and /var and /home. >>It kind of looks like you will leave the 80GB drive mostly empty >>the way you are doing things. If all your accounts and web pages >>are really in /home and you have no databases, I would be inclined >>to put both /usr and /var in the 80GB drive and leave the other one >>for home directories and web pages. Since the default place for >>databases is in /var that can make a big difference on where you put >>it or if you take the db directory out of /var and put it somewhere >>else, etc. >> >>Putting some of your swap on each drive as you have indicated >>is a good idea. >> > > > Ack! I just wanted to point you to GPT. I always use my second drive > without MBR/slices/labels, just GPT. You can create up to 128 Pratitions > and together with either growfs ( if you leave unassigned space between > the partitions) or gconcat I have a very flexible storage solution (of > course gvinum is another option). > It's also possible to create a GPT inside a slice (so even on the first > HD), just / must be on a bsdlabel. > I use such a configuration for jails or virtual hosts, where every jail or > virthos has its own mountpoint. Initially with not too much space (1G), > increased on demand. > > -Harry > > >>////jerry >> >> >>>Thanks and I look forward to participating in this community, >>> >>>Donnacha >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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