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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:23:54 -0800
From:      Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   FS sizes for a small web/mail server?
Message-ID:  <3701CD8A.FB5AFE6F@uswest.net>

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I'm building a small server running FreeBSD 2.2.7[1].  It will run
Apache, pop/smtp services, no X windows, and connect to the internet
via my lan through a separate gateway.  It will be a public access
server and have a large, searchable database.  As it is a dedicated
web/mail server, I won't be installing many extra packages or the
ports tree (all of that I have on CD or can get via ftp/CVS).  It will
be primarily remote managed.  The server hardware is a 100 MHz AMD K5
with 64 MB of RAM and a 500 MB HDD.  It will be a low usage setup, not
very many hits and will eventually be replaced by either web hosting
or a new server.  It's connection to the internet will be via 100bTX
ethernet to a separate gateway.

My question is how much space should I allocate for each FS?  I'm
having trouble estimating how much /tmp and /var I'll need and whether
or not it would be worth it to place them on separate partitions from
/usr.  I think a 20 MB / and 96-128MB swap should be enough for now.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, TIA.

1: I don't have a later version of FreeBSD to use, but plan on
upgrading to a more recent release when I get the new server.

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