Re: [Nagios-users] Disk Partitioning for Nagios

2012-06-08 Thread Alex Griffin
I don't think it's really necessary to have a separate /usr or /boot partition. GRUB2 can boot from LVM partitions these days. 2 GB also seems excessive for a /tmp partition. In all honesty it doesn't actually matter as much as a lot of people think it does. There are some setups which are

[Nagios-users] Disk Partitioning for Nagios

2012-06-07 Thread Muhamad Faiz
Hi guys, I'm not sure if this question has been asked before but I can't find anything about this. What is the recommended partitioning scheme in Linux (ie Redhat) suitable for Nagios implementation? How much percentage for /, 40% for /var or what not. Please advice. Thanks. - Faiz

Re: [Nagios-users] Disk Partitioning for Nagios

2012-06-07 Thread Victor Sanchez2
Hi Faiz, the more important things are about database and performace. If you are going to work with NDOUtils for example and MySQL, the best option is to create a new and independent mount point depending on the data retention that you need. Then /var/lib/mysql could be a good option. For