On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Kevin Anderson wrote: > On March 24, 2004 04:44 pm, Andrew Graupe wrote: > > I will be setting up a new linux system in the near future, and I am > > deciding what FS to use. I will probably use a 50MB /boot partition, a > > 256MB swap and the rest will be given to the root partition. I plan to > > I was a bit suprised by it, but I found that on a desktop, I needed a huge > freaking swapfile. That may well be because I'm a bit of a moron when I > first get the thing set up, and I emerge a zillion packages at the same time. > Most of our servers here don't need a swap partition at all (thought they all > have). > > > format the /boot partition as ext2, as I don't need journaling for it. > > I have heard good things about ReiserFS, but I have never used it. On > > If you have lots of small files (jpegs on a webserver, text docs, etc) than > Reiser is lightning fast. > If you have lots of files in a single directory (lots being say a hundred > thousand plus) then again, you'll find reiser is a better choice. > If you're just doing a normal install, then you'll find them about equal with > Reiser having a coolness factor, and EXT3 being more common. > I will use ReiserFS for my /var partition (for the web server) and ext3 for everything else. The main arguments I have against Reiser involve data loss and rescue disk incompatibility. Having just screwed up this computer (root is more dangerous than some people know), I now realize backups are more important than I thought. > I will say, I think it's a mistake to just use EXT2 on your boot partition. I > understand why you don't feel that you need the journaling, heck, my boot > partitions aren't even mounted by default, but at the same time, why give it > up? You won't notice any difference performance wise, but you will give up > that little extra bit of security, just in case... Actually, you might give > up a bit of performance, because if you need to check the FS after a crash at > the wrong time, it will take MUCH longer on EXT2 than on EXT3. > That makes sense. I just saw other people doing it, but your way makes more sense. > > my other linux systems, I use ext3 for the / partition. > > At least split out /home. I know you can do it after, but it's a pain, so do > it now... Your drive is easily big enough, so just give lots of space to it > as appropriate. > That seems to be a concensus. I will probably split /home and /var, and move Apache's root directory to /var/www > Kev. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >
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