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Date:      Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:05:29 -0500 (EST)
From:      doug@safeport.com
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: suggested size of /var/mail
Message-ID:  <20080129105425.Y92107@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080128090005.V1235@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
References:  <479D6E97.6060100@gmx.net> <20080128090005.V1235@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>

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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Wojciech Puchar wrote:

>> 
>> Are there any smart ways to decide how to size /var/mail.
>> I plan to put it on a seperate partition ... or shouldn't I?
>> 
> while considered bad/dangerous/whatever i ALWAYS make only 2 partitions:
>
> swap and root
>
> and NEVER have problems how to size a partitions.

This is not a good idea for a server. Anything that would cause run-away logging 
would effectively cripple your server. On a workstation I like to have a home 
partition as I usually start from sratch when going to a major release or 
skipping a release.



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