On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 17:13, Vidiot wrote: > >/ shouldn't really be bigger than 500MB, IMHO. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I disagree. I'm currently using 423292, so 500 doesn't leave much head room. > The extra space is used with logs, etc. > Especially when running a server.
In that case you need to address what you are doing. You can use what you want - making the whole drive your OS will give a root partition in the gigabyte range. Much fun when it goes wrong. Been there, got the t-shirt. The root file system should consist of the basic functionality needed to get the system booted to single user mode with as many diagnostic/repair tools as possible.And no more. Some folks even mount root as read only - along with /usr. The /var file system is usually for logs - a busy web server may generate gigabytes of log data per day. Likewise for a mail server. T-shirt time again, :-). I've seen people setup a /tmp file system too - I can see the reason but I've not yet found it to be necessary. /usr is where the extra (ie multiuser) system stuff is kept. /usr/local for extra software you install. /home for user data - as big as it can be. If you are running your logs on the root f/s then you have a serious risk of root being filled with logs - which means no more space for temp files. At this point you're going to need imagination - and the server will be down. ;-> Personally, I've been running/installing/maintaining UNIX servers for more than fifteen years and setting out the disk partitions is probably the most important lesson I've learnt from my peers. > > So, IMHO, YMMV :-) as you say, IMHO,YMMV. /rant, <flamesuit on> :-) ttfn [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
