On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 11:28:35AM -0800, Johnny Voice wrote: > For my asterisk installation in my lab, I will install the
RedHat > Linux ES v4 > distribution (with kernel 2.6) onto a Dell Power Edge 1650 with > ~16GB of Raid-1 hard disk space. Not much. Asterisk on its own doesn't take much either. However what else do you need to run on that system besides Asterisk? Below are some recommendations that are hopefully better than nothing: > > Before installing Linux, what should I set the following disk partitions > to?: > (root)/ > /boot Keep /boot off the RAID? Otherwise, I see little point in a separate /boot . > swap > /usr Again, I see a little point in a separate /usr . Consider keeping a separate /usr/local , though. > /home An asterisk system typically does not have users and need nt have a separate /home > /tmp Enoughtemporary space. Though if you have really really much memory, it can be a tmpfs. > /var Here sit: * logs * mail spool * mail messages * asterisk sounds * asterisk recordings etc. In other words: it should be big. In some cases you should even create seperate subpartitions under it to prevent them from filling up the rest of the partition (e.g: to limit the size of the recording, should you like to). -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849755 | | friend _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
