From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Feb 13 12:23:56 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63BA352BDB3 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:23:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomek@cedro.info) Received: from mail-ej1-x629.google.com (mail-ej1-x629.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::629]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Dd8fz2SNHz4SH5 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:23:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomek@cedro.info) Received: by mail-ej1-x629.google.com with SMTP id w1so3746185ejf.11 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 04:23:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cedro.info; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=ZpP/5bef6A8hOYwYUwABDH3Rl2A8R8UCEGuB3tH0XDc=; b=PiVvgU63MSVGqsuDdEtZGK5Ql3TyNotDfZODzE25NqKoaOuqoIBoq0b3/upReYKmAP FQTq0nImKVNcFzaXGcCuG5rMp/FtoVWLHOR6Pf4As/xQxlKa336odULdolaLt/5HBMfP gcm50lctRW0AgXCsVRwsrKXCrJipGey9fMX8qKxSdK+EVTkXtJ2QVIZvYiryC9JCO8X6 7AAViIPMAfPZTBFR4b3ZGkI3INHBki5UMnlt0IQcxP1WUzgEhg4SMKf3ZbWntpJKd7U+ X38k3VzxuUs/PaQxuQvuLrsVTgWs5+g0F12R4ZSiJNFWHZN48bdBVQKfLmx68W1SwGWg kM9A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ZpP/5bef6A8hOYwYUwABDH3Rl2A8R8UCEGuB3tH0XDc=; b=chiUVhPH/UlzqC13tmfrJx8SdsEVcOp8GNk9lbDg6dEK/CB3037iIvLknq343xJqVg Hz3zFlQIPLm8XFTUy3CDjoVLqFnvcWrGFxC5EiCGK15ZIDeyg7WD0HvjjIrUns0LhQU6 8F8UwU9dv9GE41OLt6slzz/3rN9ElCWhQPhHNfzPowonKUJcrwbhKMLt9PSTwue8cjTm kP39Tk/FbM4WPoJvZyYvieXVZYW8wy1RNYox0NsWbQm2FVVyl+U2D9FGQFnkGiek2yHx 5mVjGG2WdBjCR1O3BfT3U27apJNwHIE0Fsj+TKV0YQv4vJT444aisOvc/vRxHSHXl7tE WF+Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530/yx3ZJO6mvP0aFBbZ+NkEB+XuDgMnX4OWPTKE7YfUmlDa+u+8 ywOj24LWVPo0g6FhGesnuSa1BXhFfl7wLgimeBImEA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyCQam0vANpyqSRmfi8PukF8+dt3ZqqVpu+AuGfvu29vy7BxDTEkmXD4UqxiYzGGvYGidtcoMfeZuUNMEqIXYM= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:b291:: with SMTP id q17mr1023289ejz.221.1613219034022; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 04:23:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <055e547a-c57a-048e-5458-4cf60b31ca7a@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <055e547a-c57a-048e-5458-4cf60b31ca7a@gmail.com> From: Tomasz CEDRO Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 13:23:43 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Partitioning To: Graham Perrin Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Dd8fz2SNHz4SH5 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=cedro.info header.s=google header.b=PiVvgU63; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of tomek@cedro.info has no SPF policy when checking 2a00:1450:4864:20::629) smtp.mailfrom=tomek@cedro.info X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.30 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[cedro.info:s=google]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[cedro.info]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::629:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[cedro.info:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::629:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::629:from]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:23:56 -0000 On Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 20:19 Graham Perrin wrote: > On 11/02/2021 20:32, david russell wrote: > > > In my opinion an all in 1 partition is a disaster waiting to happen. > > In what way? > > Have you tried accepting the ZFS option? > ZFS IS AMAZING!!!! Split locations into different pools/containers. Use default installer setup for start. Perform snap of a location before each experiment. Perform cyclic snaps of everything once per month. Perform cyclic snap of home folder each week. Create lz4 container for backups. It can compress 1TB disk dump to 300GB :-) Create your home directory in a separate location (i.e. /ztuff) in a different location/container and link it to /home/yourusernam. That recently saved my all data from removing by linux adduser that removed my home folder because it existed (it removed only the symlink)!!!! Create pool that is a bit smaller than the disk size so you can later just add another drive and exend the pool with one command :-) BIG THANK YOU TO ZFS TEAM!!! :-) Tomek -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info >