> And for a server: > /boot 32MB > / 5GB should be enough, but obviously it depends > /tmp 100MB > /var 1GB + whatever space the services you run require > /home lots if it's a /home server, packed in with / if it isn't
Good suggestions.... I'm going through this right now in preparation to redo a server I have. The thing that I'm struggling with is RAID. I have 4xIDE drives (and a separate SCSI for /home) and I'd like to set it up like you have, but that would mean partitioning each drive into 5 and then raiding hda4, hdb4, hdc4, hdd4 into an array for /var, hd[abcd]3 for /tmp, hd[abcd]2 for /, etc. This is fine, but if I lose one drive I now have three (or however many) RAID arrays running in degraded mode. I've always been under the impression that it makes more sense to RAID on a disk basis (ie: each drive has one partition that is part of a raid array, not multiple partitions part of multiple raid arrays) to cut down on the chances of something going wrong. Of course, if you have one raid partition only (ie: a really big / consisting of 4 drives) if one goes you're in the same spot. See what I mean? :) Any suggestions welcome. I've asked on the list before but I'm always looking for other options! alan -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
