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Sorry if this is pretty basic, but I'd like to revisit it. For years,
I've been partitioning my FreeBSD servers pretty much like I used to
partition my Solaris 2 servers way back. I did this simply because it's
what I was used to, but I realize that especially with the much larger
disks we have now, this is worth changing.
Figuring 500GB of unformatted storage (~465GB formatted), I am thinking
along these lines:
8GB - SWAP (4GB RAM)
1GB - / (root)
15GB - /var (qmail puts everything in there)
10GB - /usr (base binaries and ports)
10GB - /usr/local (additional binaries I install)
200GB - /home I used to just have one home fs, but I found that it
200GB - /home2 makes for very long amanda restores for a customer site
The roughly 20GB left over could be used for adding swap at a later date,
if neccessary. Before now, I used to do as above, only with no separate
/usr/local and only one /home. The idea is for a quick recovery in the
even a system has to be restored, and also to perhaps not have to back up
/usr all the time.
I'd like to get experienced thoughts on this.
TIA,
James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
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