Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:08:23 +0100 From: Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slices Message-ID: <9E485B2920914ACF50078ED2@[192.168.10.249]> In-Reply-To: <20051213103621.GA1237@flame.pc> References: <200512130029.jBD0T11I020665@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <9CF863F9FF55D6301DA0C9B3@[192.168.10.249]> <20051213103621.GA1237@flame.pc>
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--On 13. december 2005 12:36 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On 2005-12-13 09:36, Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net> wrote: >>> The main two reasons for dividing up your FreeBSD disk in to >>> partitions rather than making just one big partition are to reduce >>> the threat of runaway processes and to manage backup and restore >>> sizes. >>> >>> Think those things out to meet your needs and resources. >> >> OK. But then what would be ideal slice size for /, /var, /usr, /boot? > > That's not something that can be answered easily with a "template" > answer. The best sizes are those that match your own needs and > preferences, but only you can describe what these are.' > > Back when I bought a new, bigger disk, I wrote this post: > > > http://keramida.serverhive.com/weblog/archives/2004-10-26/daemonizing-a-n > ew-disk > > which includes a description of the partitions I used and why I chose > these sizes. > > The tuning(7) manpage also has a good description of how to pick a good > disk partitioning scheme: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tuning&sektion=7&apropos=0&manpa > th=FreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE+and+Ports > Thanx. This is very good explanation. -- Sasa Stupar
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