Use a "linear raid" with a customized initrd with RAID as a builtin? Or "split" the /usr at some other subdirectory level.
/usr /usr/local /usr/<something1> /usr/<something2> I don't know what is under /usr on RH on zSeries. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Sibley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 4:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Linux images greater a 3390-3 image? > > > I'm assuming most zSeries system use a standard 3390-3 > volume (or less) for their base systems. What I've > noticed in the last few releases for zSeries and in > RHEL3 (beta) especially is the burgeoning size of > /usr. > > For SuSE SLES8, I could get by with moving /usr to a > separate volume and I could everything but the > document pdf's on the volume. > > I tried to install EVERYTHING on the redhat beta and I > had /usr on its own 3390-3 volume and the install > wizard said I needed another 1179 MB! (Being a > development shop, some of our people actually use a > lot of this stuff). > > In fact, after a pared down install, I only used 6% of > the / volume and 72% of the /usr volume! > > What alternatives do we have in the zSeries world for > this ever expanding filesystem? > > - Larger volumes on an RVA or Shark (which performance > less well with lots of data behind a single UCB - no > PAV's)? Do a lot of people use large volumes on shark > or RVA? Do a lot of people actually use the SCSI > feature of shark? > > - After building a minimal system, move /usr to an LVM > volume? > > - Other alternatives? > > I understand that the POSIX specs insist on certain > things, but what you end up with is about 15 > direcotries using 8% of your space and one directory > using 92%. And the software install wizards of the > major distributors follow the POSIX rules... > > > > ===== > Jim Sibley > Implementor of Linux on zSeries in the beautiful Silicon Valley > > "Computer are useless.They can only give answers." Pablo Picasso > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >
