Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:07:33 -0400 From: Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com> To: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended partitioning Message-ID: <d9d7f5a0510151907i3481ec98r645696347e571212@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420510151851rae65868ide19e990d6d854f8@mail.gmail.com> References: <d9d7f5a0510151401t194ba5f5w9687d40c333b22b9@mail.gmail.com> <cb5206420510151851rae65868ide19e990d6d854f8@mail.gmail.com>
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Some of my reading in books and online does suggest straying from the default when configuring mail and web servers (for example). I do understan= d the importance of following standards, and that's why I'm asking for feedback from this list. Teo On 10/15/05, Andrew P. <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/16/05, Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com> > > Date: Oct 15, 2005 4:11 PM > > Subject: Feeback on partitioning > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > > I'm getting ready to set up a single system as a mail, print, web, and > file > > server. I may be installing other applications but nothing as intense a= s > > Xorg. If at all, I'll probably just install some network monitoring > tools. > > I'm placing all of these roles on a single system because it is only fo= r > my > > lab. I have a 160 GB to use and I'm thinking about laying out the > partitions > > as follows: > > Part Size > > / 10G - for both the / and /usr files > > (swap) 2G > > /var 10G - Web server, print spool, other log files?? > > /var/mail 10G - for all mail files and easy backup > > /home 50G - for all user files > > /home/teo 40G - For my files and easy backup > > *The rest of the space I'll leave unused in case I need to grow a > partition > > I'm new to FreeBSD/*Nix so all criticism is welcome. > > Teo > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > FreeBSD is flexible enough to handle any directory > layout you like. No matter what background you > come from, you can always turn a few knobs - > and make yourself at home. > > But if you want to stay with FreeBSD for some > time, if you want to know it better, it's best to > accept the installer's defaults - and get used > to them then. Minimum /, small /var and /tmp, > huge /usr - where all huge things are meant > to be, including web content, home dirs and > even huge logs and huge temporary files. > > The talk is that hier and partitioning might > need some brushing up, but for now, if > you stick to it, you'll find it hard to run into > real trouble when you're left with no solution > other than repartitioning your whole disk. > >
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