Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:04:57 +0100 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0-RELEASE -> -STABLE and size of / Message-ID: <4B5B5669.9080906@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <20100122170716.GA75020@icarus.home.lan> References: <20100122162155.GG3917@e-Gitt.NET> <a0fb7121676fe0c33302c1653d68e3ac@localhost> <20100122170716.GA75020@icarus.home.lan>
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Jeremy Chadwick wrote: [...] > While I'm here, I figure I'd share how I end up partitioning most of the > server systems I maintain. I use this general "formula" when building a > new system, unless it's a 4-disk box (see bottom of mail): > > ad4s1a = / = UFS2 = 1GB > ad4s1b = swap = (2*RAM) or (2*MaxRAMPossible) > ad4s1d = /var = UFS2+SU = 16GB (mandatory: must be>= 2*RAM) > ad4s1e = /tmp = UFS2+SU = (2*RAM) > ad4s1f = /usr = UFS2+SU = 16GB Why you are suggesting /var >= 2*RAM? Is it just for saving crash dumps or anything else? And why so big /tmp? I am running servers with smaller sizes for years without any problem. (I am not using crash dumps and if I need it, it seems better to use dumpdir="/my/large/storage") Miroslav Lachman
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