On Friday 25 November 2011, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 20:53, Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> wrote: > > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > > highly-partitioned, like this: > > > > / > > /boot > > /usr > > /tmp > > /usr/portage ==> via NFS > > /var > > /var/lib/postgresql > > /var/tmp > > /var/log > > /var/spool > > > > (Not all of them will reside on the same physical disk; I have > > /dev/sda up to /dev/sdd) > > > > I've been searching high and low for recommended numbers... and > > there are as many number as search-hits. > > > > So. Care to share your partitioning strategy? > > > > (And while we're at it, am I overdoing the partitioning?) > > I also wonder if /var/tmp can be shared between boxen (via NFS), > assuming I ensure that no two boxen perform emerge at the same > time... > > Rgds,
If you want to mount /var/tmp/portage over NFS you can set in /etc/make.conf for every machine: PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp/<hostname> So you won't have to worry about concurrent emerge across different machines. Disclaimer: this is an untested idea. HTH Francesco -- Linux Version 3.1.1-gentoo, Compiled #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 14 07:03:50 CET 2011 Two 1GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processors, 4GB RAM, 4021.84 Bogomips Total aemaeth