Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 17:19:32 -800 From: walton@nordicdms.com (Dave Walton) To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partitioning 3.5 G HD for FreeBSD Message-ID: <19980203011933221.AAA215@mail-ftp.nordicdms.com> In-Reply-To: <19980203101247.32585@lemis.com> References: <9802022328.AA13443@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com>; from Marty Leisner on Mon, Feb 02, 1998 at 03:28:38PM -0800
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On 3 Feb 98 at 10:12, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Mon, Feb 02, 1998 at 03:28:38PM -0800, Marty Leisner wrote: > >> > >> / 40 MB > >> swap 128 MB > >> /usr the rest > >> > >> There's no reason to have separate file systems for /usr/src and > >> /usr/local. Some people prefer a separate /var file system, but I > >> don't recommend that either. Instead create a directory /usr/var and > >> make /var a symlink to that directory. > > > > Hmmm...I'm not sure I agree... > > > > I like to have more partitions for several reasons: > > 1) if you fill up 1 partition, you still have space elsewhere > > Not if you have filled up all your partitions. If you only have one > partition, you will have space in that partition up to the point where > all partitions of a multi-partition scheme would be full. As long as this is turning into a discussion of the logic behind different partitioning schemes, I thought I'd toss in another factor for consideration. (Please bear in mind that I may not have the slightest idea what I'm talking about, since I've spent very little time messing with quotas.) Considering that quotas are tracked on a per-filesystem basis, and that the size of the quota.* files appears to be relative to the number of files in the filesystem, it would seem to be a good idea for /usr/home to be a separate partition on systems with quotas enabled. My feeling (again, no personal experience) is that such an arrangement would not only save space, but also improve performance. Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Walton Webmaster, Postmaster Nordic Entertainment Worldwide walton@nordicdms.com http://www.nordicdms.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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