Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 18:04:59 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathias_K=F6rber?= <mathias@koerber.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More partitions on a single slice? Message-ID: <20001112180459.P802@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <NEBBLGLDKLMMGKEMEFMFIEBKCDAA.mathias@koerber.org>; from mathias@koerber.org on Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 03:08:38PM %2B0800 References: <20001112172152.M802@wantadilla.lemis.com> <NEBBLGLDKLMMGKEMEFMFIEBKCDAA.mathias@koerber.org>
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On Sunday, 12 November 2000 at 15:08:38 +0800, Mathias Körber wrote: >> The /home *hierarchy is* for users. It doesn't have to be the same >>as ... > > yes, but symlinking /usr/local to /home/local is ugly. It encroaches on > the diskspace set aside for users own (personal) files. That's a circular argument. It only encroaches if you set aside enough space for users' own (personal) files. I'm advocating more space. >>> I like partitioning off this data to prevent eating others' (other >>> users', applications' etc) space. If I use symlinks this happens more >>> easily. >> >> That's what quotas are for. > > Quotas apply on a per user basis, not on a per-application basis. > If I have several users working on the same application etc, > I'd have to restrict them separately for this (and if the app > lived on the same FS as eg /home, then I'd simultaneously > restrict them in their /home, as quotas are only as granular as your > filesystem). This is possibly a valid counterargument. Can you give a convincing example? >> Agreed, servers are a special case (and yes, I've seen laptop based >> servers :-) In any such case, you need to consider exactly what you're >> doing, based on actual and expected load amongst other things. > > But why then have this arbitrary restrictions in the first place? They've been there forever. I can't remember a UNIX which really gives significantly more than 7 file system partitions. System V has a total of 15, but most of them are special purpose. And I suppose the general feeling is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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