I'm setting up a new mailserver and seek confirmation
on how I intend to partition a new 25GB (3-disk RAID):
[current configuration]
/ 100 MB
/usr 3600 MB
/var -> /usr/var
/swap 500 MB
Since the additional 25GB will be used for users'
mail and nothing else, it seems natural to just make
one big partition :
[proposed config]
ie.
/ 100 MB
/usr 3600 MB
/var -> /data/var
/swap 500 MB
/data 25000 MB
This is easy for mail to be delivered to /var/mail and,
just like the school of thought that makes /var a symlink
to /usr/var (since disk usage is unpredictable), I will
use all space available.
Does this sound OK ?
(apologies for seeking confirmation of this kind - I
just know it will be easier to sort out now than after
I move all the users over and have never had to deal
with such amounts of space before).
Are there any speed (I/O) considerations that would
suggest an alternative configuration ? (backup/redundancy
should be failsafe since it's hardware RAID)
thank you in advance,
chas
Received on Sun May 24 1998 - 13:46:50 NZST