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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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