Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 16:52:58 +0200 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <harry@schmalzbauer.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd.org@donnacha.com Subject: Re: How should I divvy up my HDDs? Suggestions Please. Message-ID: <200505051653.00301@harrymail> In-Reply-To: <200505051256.j45Cu2rM009492@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200505051256.j45Cu2rM009492@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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--nextPart4953586.1S93UcV32a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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=20 without MBR/slices/labels, just GPT. You can create up to 128 Pratitions=20 and together with either growfs ( if you leave unassigned space between=20 the partitions) or gconcat I have a very flexible storage solution (of=20 course gvinum is another option). It's also possible to create a GPT inside a slice (so even on the first=20 HD), just / must be on a bsdlabel. I use such a configuration for jails or virtual hosts, where every jail or= =20 virthos has its own mountpoint. Initially with not too much space (1G),=20 increased on demand. =2DHarry > ////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" --nextPart4953586.1S93UcV32a Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCejNMBylq0S4AzzwRAgugAKCEzkB+mS9XMKPLoGUDQFRxviK1ggCfaXvt MdjiY1I6cKyM/xqDQkBWKtw= =bO58 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4953586.1S93UcV32a--
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