Also, by partioning the web server off you prevent traversal attacks to
youre server ie
http://address.of.iis5.system/scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+d
ir+c:\
Also, in my case i store all the log files for 20 or so customers and it can
grow quiet fast - especially if you dont delete them for the sake of
history.. so having the log files on the same partition as the OS would be
disastrous as it would eat up all the hard drive space giving the OS no
playing room for virtual memory.
Which brings me to another point - partioning sections off makes it easy to
track what is eating up hard drive space...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Knudsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2001 07:58
> To: CF-Server
> Subject: RE: New Server...
>
>
>
>
> So, if you make it one big fat partition and your HD crashes, what do
> you do? Also, using Win2k you are probably running that most wholly
> of web servers IIS. Have your web stuff and OS stuff on the same
> partition is safe?? Hmm...
>
> I think 8 GBs for your OS part is a little big, but you are on the
> right tract, IMHO. Plus, with all the new partitioning tools, if you
> run out of space on one, you can grow/shrink them.
>
> DK
>
>
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AT INTERNET on 05/23/2001 03:51 PM
>
> To: Douglas Knudsen/ATL/ALLTELCORP, [EMAIL PROTECTED] AT
> INTERNET@CCMAIL
> cc:
>
> Subject: RE: New Server...
>
>
> Do you mind if I ask why you would want to partition at all? Your OS
> would
> probably never fill 8 gigs, but IIS or SQL Server could very well
> require
> more. If you put them all on the same partition, you would not end up
> with
> one full partition while others have room to spare.
>
> It is often wise to separate services out onto different drives to
> minimize
> I/O contention with each other and with the OS, but you don't get that
> benefit by just partitioning a single drive. With Windows NT 4, we
> used to
> create a 2 Gig FAT 16 partition for the OS and then a secondary NTFS
> partition for everything else, which gave you the ability to boot to a
> floppy and access the OS drive. However, that is not really necessary
> anymore since Microsoft has built that functionality into Windows 2000
> itself.
>
> Benjamin S. Rogers
> Web Developer, c4.net
> Voice: (508) 240-0051
> Fax: (508) 240-0057
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:52 PM
> To: CF-Server
> Subject: New Server...
>
>
> Hi guys!
>
> Looking for some input....got a new server.
> Dell 2400
> Win2k, SQL 2000, CFAS 4.5, WebBoards (O'Reilly)
> 36 gig HD
> 512 MB RAM
>
> This is my proposed configuration for partitions: (yes, all num's are
> rounded off, realize it's not exact)
> c: 8 GIG <--- OS
> d: 8 GIG <-- IIS/web folders (16 domains)
> e: 10 GIG <-- SQL server
> f: 10 GIG <-- streaming files
>
> We are going to use Windows Media player to stream some small
> powerpoint
> presentations to a small group of people (very low usage, maybe 1-5
> people a
> day, at the most)
>
> Haven't done a full install of a web server in awhile, (other than
> development, and all on one drive), so my partition thinking is
> extremely
> rusty....
>
> Am I ok with this configuration? Any other suggestions?
>
> (I have NO OPTIONS - which means while I wish I could put SQL server
> on it's
> own machine, it's not going to happen. Likewise for the streaming
> files.
> Luckily, it's really a low traffic server.)
>
> Many, many thanks and a blueberry muffin to boot!
>
>
> Erika
> ReplaceNoCase("Erica", "c", "k", "ALL")
>
> "One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea."
> -
> Walter Bagehot
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