Arthur Chance writes:
> As a matter of idle curiosity with a bit of education thrown in,
> why 4GB for /var? The last time I installed a new machine I made
> / 1GB as I'd found out from a previous install that 512MB wasn't
> really enough, and then decided to make /var bigger than the
> Handbook said as well and made it 3GB. This has turned out to be
> total overkill:
It is my understanding space used on /var is, well, variable.
While a generic system might only use, say, 300 mbytes 99.99 per
cent of the time, the other .01 might use 5 or 10 or 20 gbytes if
available.
Robert Huff
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