Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 15:00:45 -0453.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Storage question Message-ID: <55EF3D23.5060009@hiwaay.net>
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I am prepping to bring 2 new FreeBSD 9.3R boxen online. I am trying to
figure out how large to make root & usr partitions to make most
effective use of storage. To that end, I did the following:
find / -xdev -maxdepth 3 -type f -exec ls -lSrF {} +
Which produced the following (abbreviated):
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1633464 Apr 9 10:39
/boot/modules/radeonkms_port.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1665360 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/drm.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1677128 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/if_cxgb.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1686168 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/miibus.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1709912 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/sfxge.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1712472 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/ahd.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1732568 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/radeonkms.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1732568 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel.old/radeonkms.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1732568 Jul 10 2014
/boot/GENERIC/radeonkms.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1732568 Jul 10 2014
/boot/GENERIC.old/radeonkms.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1736160 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/usb.ko.symbols*
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1748416 Jul 4 11:35
/lib/libcrypto.so.6
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1929992 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/hwpmc.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2122904 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/if_nxge.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2134776 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/if_bxe.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2134776 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel.old/if_bxe.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2134776 Jul 10 2014
/boot/GENERIC/if_bxe.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2134776 Jul 10 2014
/boot/GENERIC.old/if_bxe.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2153968 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/sound.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2168536 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/nfsd.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2221848 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/if_igb.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2260488 Dec 4 2014
/boot/kernel/zfs.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2260488 Dec 4 2014
/boot/kernel.old/zfs.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2260488 Jul 10 2014
/boot/GENERIC/zfs.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2260488 Jul 10 2014
/boot/GENERIC.old/zfs.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2471568 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/if_em.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2572360 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/linux.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2911792 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/nfscl.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3064512 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/if_bxe.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3094288 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/ufs.ko.symbols*
-rw------- 1 root wheel 3142878 Sep 8 10:24 /root/mbox
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3232680 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/cam.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3573984 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/wlan.ko.symbols*
-rw-r----- 1 _tor _tor 3890572 Sep 8 12:13 /var/log/tor
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody wheel 3999316 Sep 5 04:21
/var/db/locate.database
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4053512 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/drm2.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4659184 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/isci.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5282024 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/i915kms.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/zpool*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/zfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/zcat*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/xzcat*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/xz*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/whoami*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/vi*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/unxz*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/unlzma*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/unlink*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/umount*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/tunefs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/test*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/tee*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/tcsh*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/tar*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/tail*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/sysctl*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/sync*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/swapon*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/stty*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/spppcontrol*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/sh*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/setfacl*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/sed*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/savecore*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/rtsol*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/rtquery*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/rrestore*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/routed*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/route*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/rmdir*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/rm*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/restore*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/rescue*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/red*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/reboot*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/realpath*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/rdump*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/rcp*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/rcorder*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/pwd*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/ps*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/pkill*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/ping6*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/ping*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/pgrep*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/nos-tun*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/newfs_msdos*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/newfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/nc*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/mv*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/mt*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/mount_unionfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/mount_udf*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/mount_nullfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/mount_ntfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/mount_nfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/mount_msdosfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/mount_cd9660*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/mount*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/more*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/mknod*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/mkdir*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/mdmfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/mdconfig*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/md5*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/lzma*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/lzcat*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/ls*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/ln*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/link*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/less*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/ldconfig*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/kldunload*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/kldstat*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/kldload*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/kldconfig*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/kill*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/kenv*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/ipf*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/init*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/ifconfig*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/id*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/hostname*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/head*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/halt*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/gzip*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/gzcat*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/gunzip*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/groups*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/gpart*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/glabel*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/getfacl*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/geom*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/gbde*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/fsirand*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/fsdb*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/fsck_ufs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/fsck_msdosfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/fsck_ffs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/fsck_4.2bsd*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/fsck*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/fdisk*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/fasthalt*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/fastboot*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/expr*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/ex*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/ed*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/echo*
22 10:11 /rescue/dumpon*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/dumpfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/dump*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/dmesg*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/disklabel*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/dhclient*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/df*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/devfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/dd*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/date*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/csh*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/cp*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/clri*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/chroot*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/chown*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/chmod*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/chio*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/chgrp*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/chflags*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/ccdconfig*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/cat*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/camcontrol*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/bzip2*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/bzcat*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/bunzip2*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/bsdlabel*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/badsect*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/atmconfig*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11
/rescue/atacontrol*
-r-xr-xr-x 140 root wheel 5348416 Aug 22 10:11 /rescue/[*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6276107 Sep 19 2014
/root/Downloads/VBox.4.3.12.UserManual.pdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6287007 Sep 19 2014
/root/Downloads/VBox.4.3.16.UserManual.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6599816 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/vxge.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7021736 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/if_ath.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9996832 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/xfs.ko.symbols*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10822248 Sep 1 03:10
/var/backups/pkg.sql.xz.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10822248 Sep 2 03:49
/var/backups/pkg.sql.xz.6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10822248 Sep 3 03:11
/var/backups/pkg.sql.xz.5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10822248 Sep 4 03:18
/var/backups/pkg.sql.xz.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10822248 Sep 5 04:03
/var/backups/pkg.sql.xz.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10822248 Sep 6 03:11
/var/backups/pkg.sql.xz.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10822248 Sep 7 03:10
/var/backups/pkg.sql.xz.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10822248 Sep 8 03:23
/var/backups/pkg.sql.xz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 13732376 Jul 10 2014
/boot/kernel/radeonkms.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 14304432 Aug 15 22:08
/boot/modules/nvidia.ko*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18922976 Dec 4 2014
/boot/kernel/zfs.ko.symbols*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20845849 Jul 10 2014
/boot/GENERIC/kernel*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20845849 Jul 10 2014
/boot/GENERIC.old/kernel*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20845898 Aug 4 08:16
/boot/kernel.old/kernel*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20845933 Aug 30 17:57
/boot/kernel/kernel*
-r-------- 1 root wheel 33554432 Aug 2 2014 /.sujournal
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 68632056 Aug 30 17:57
/boot/kernel/kernel.symbols*
I'm pretty sure the last few can't be deleted, but what about the stuff
in '/var/backups' & '/rescue' ? I am trying to figure out a reasonable
minimum I can size the root directory & still have safe, reliable
operations. Any clues appreciated. TIA & have a good one.
--
William A. Mahaffey III
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