Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:01:24 -0800 From: Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FS sizes for a small web/mail server? Message-ID: <37028D24.2DDD1B34@uswest.net> References: <3701CD8A.FB5AFE6F@uswest.net> <19990331170405.X413@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: <snippage in the name of brevity> >If you don't place /tmp and /var on a different disk, you shouldn't >make them file systems. > >Here's a rule of thumb for file system sizing: > > / 40 MB > swap 128 to 256 MB. > /usr the rest of the first disk. > >When you overflow the first disk, you can place a single file system >on each additional disk, unless they're so big that you wouldn't be >able to fit the entire file system on one backup tape. Where you put >the /var files is your choice, but this way you can move things around. > >> I think a 20 MB / and 96-128MB swap should be enough for now. > >20 MB / is *very* small. You might get away with 96-128 MB swap. If >you don't, you'll have to either reinstall the system or add another >disk with a swap partition. Hmm.... I have a very good point, although (unless I'm missing something about the use of /var and /tmp) the only overflow risks I can see are swap and the database, the latter of which is very easy to control. Taking this under advisement and going back over some books, I came up with this: wd0s1a / 40 MB wd0s1e /usr 476 MB wd2s1b swap 202 MB wd0 is the ~500 MB drive wd1 is the CD-ROM (the two HDs won't work when they share a chain) wd2 is an extra ~200 MB drive I had. /tmp, /var, and /home are linked from /usr >> 1: I don't have a later version of FreeBSD to use, but plan on >> upgrading to a more recent release when I get the new server. > >You know it's free? Aye, but as it stands my setup does not allow me to install via anything other than a local disk. Before you suggest it, I'm looking into downloading to a FAT disk and installing from there, just need to find the space. -- dpilgrim@uswest.net /\ / __ Our lies are merely the gryph@mindless.com / \/OC/URNE truth of another world ICQ: 29880099 Death is not a kill -9, just a DALnet: anim0s make world and shutdown -r now PGPKey available To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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