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FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.30)[0.305]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.89)[0.895]; BAD_REP_POLICIES(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.59)[0.587]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[40.92.73.51:from]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[40.92.73.51:from]; GREYLIST(0.00)[pass,body]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-Spam: Yes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 22:06:14 -0000 On 2020-09-16 03:04, Marwan Sultan wrote: > Good day/Evening for all FreeBSDers 🙂 > > I want to install latest FreeBSD for a business server > erver with the following specification. : > Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 3.5GHz > Hardware RAID Controller 1 GB Cache with BBU > 16 GB DDR4 RAM - Total > 1 TB 7200 SATA > 1 TB 7200 SATA > > I understand its advised to create it in this order and SWAP double (or triple) of the RAM (is 50 GB ok) ? > / > swap > var > /tmp > /usr > > Questions : > > 1. Would you kindly advise what is the best partitioning scheme on 2 hard drives? > 2. in FreeBSD handbook says i would better create swap on both partitions? may someone advise HOW and WHY ? > > I'm a little confused because of the 2 hard drives. > > thank you for your help > > > * Marwan > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Marwan, GPT is best. You should have a single swap partition, size 32 GB. Regards, Manish Jain