* prad <p...@towardsfreedom.com> [2011-06-06 09:23:08 -0700]: > in the past we've had two partitions: > / > /data > into the latter went home, www, mail and we'd softlink from the > appropriate places. the nice thing about this setup has always been that > when we upgraded or tried a different system there wasn't any data > copying to do. > > now we've been experimenting with xfs on which there will be openvs > containers to run the web/mail servers. containers go into /var/lib/vz > and we're thinking of keeping them in a separate partition > too. additionally, we've split things up so there are partitions for > /usr /usr/local /tmp /home and so on. > > so i'm musing over whether to have a /data partition as before - it > doesn't seem to make quite the same sense at this stage. however, when > it comes time to change to the next debian, i keep thinking having the > data separate may be an advantage. > > do people have favorite partitioning schemes with appropriate > justifications for them?
In the past, I've done something simmilar, especially on multi-drive systems. I will usuaully have root (/) on a small raid1 mirror (hard or soft, your choice.) And then do soemthing simmilar w/ /data, whereas /data is running an LVM ontop of the RAID1 array for dynamic partitions. When in doubt, install the system entirely to (/) and then copy over any persistant data to newly created partitions with in the LVM group. Recently, I put together a squeeze system running XFS, this is my layout: ch...@leviathan.xaerolimit.net:~$ sudo pvs; sudo vgs; sudo lvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/sda2 swap lvm2 a- 11.17g 0 /dev/sda4 tank lvm2 a- 41.18g 3.18g /dev/sdb1 swap lvm2 a- 11.17g 0 /dev/sdb2 tank lvm2 a- 63.37g 13.37g /dev/sdc1 tank lvm2 a- 149.05g 149.05g /dev/sdd1 tank lvm2 a- 232.88g 232.88g /dev/sde1 tank lvm2 a- 465.76g 465.76g VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree swap 2 1 0 wz--n- 22.34g 0 tank 5 7 0 wz--n- 952.23g 864.23g LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% Convert swap swap -wi-ao 22.34g distfiles tank -wi-a- 10.00g home tank -wi-ao 50.00g opt tank -wi-ao 5.00g portage tank -wi-a- 1.00g tmp tank -wi-ao 2.00g usr tank -wi-ao 10.00g var tank -wi-ao 10.00g ch...@leviathan.xaerolimit.net:~$ mount /dev/sda3 on / type xfs (rw) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw) /dev/mapper/tank-home on /home type xfs (rw,grpquota,usrquota) /dev/mapper/tank-opt on /opt type xfs (rw) /dev/mapper/tank-tmp on /tmp type xfs (rw) /dev/mapper/tank-usr on /usr type xfs (rw) /dev/mapper/tank-var on /var type xfs (rw) ch...@leviathan.xaerolimit.net:~$ -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110606164536.gc21...@gmail.com
