At 08:39 AM 2/27/01 +0800, you wrote:
>Hello.
>
>Would it be fine if I'll only allocate 4.5G for the history and workarea
>on the
>local hardisk? like this;
Yes that should work ok.
No you don't need 1gig swap, 500mb is probably enough for your system but
I wouldn't go smaller than 500mb.
ChrisP.
>/ 512M
>/usr 2G
>/var 1G
>/swap 1G <--- does DNEWS used up this much swap?
>/news 4.5G <-- this is where the history and workarea go!
>/spool1 60
>/spool2 60
>/spool3 60
>/spool4 60
>
>but what about xover? how do i allocate it without hampering my system later
>on? :-) Thanks for the help.
>
>
>--
>Best Regards,
>
>Frederick R. Doncillo
>Network Engineer
>Sky CableNet, Inc.
>Philippines
>
>http://www.skycablenet.com/
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>
>
>
>NetWin Support Auckland wrote:
>
> > At 11:56 AM 2/26/01 +0800, you wrote:
> > >Hello!
> > >
> > >I'll be implementing DNEWS for our news service finally! But before
> > >that, I would like to ask some wisdom based on some sys admins
> > >experienced with DNEWS particularly with the disk space partitioning and
> > >where files should be best be situated etc. etc.
> > >
> > >I got here a 9G scsi local HD and a 240G through a network with RAID5
> > >(though RAID5 is not recommended but am willing to test it's limits so
> > >to speak :-). Anyways, what would be the best partition design and where
> > >should I assign certain files/spools to get the best of my resources.
> > >
> > >Thank you very much.
> >
> > Put all the spool on the remote raid system, that should work ok. and put
> > the history and workarea on the local hard drive. partition it into a 5 gig
> > area for the history, and 3gig for the rest.
> >
> > You will have to put the xover data onto the raid array too, but if you
> > ever buy an extra
> > local disk move the xover data onto it, but it 'should' be ok on the raid
> > array.
> >
> > ChrisP.
