2016-09-01 10:30 GMT+03:00 Matthias Hanft <m...@hanft.de>: > gevisz wrote: >> >> But what are disadvantages of not partitioning a big >> hard drive into smaller logical ones? > > If your filesystem becomes corrupt (and you are unable to > repair it), *all* of your data is lost (instead of just > one partition). That's the only disadvantage I can think > of.
That is exactly what I am afraid of! So, the 20-years old rule of thumb is still valid. :( > I don't like partitions either (after some years, I > always found that sizes don't match my requirements any > more), And this is exactly the reason why I do not want to partition my new hard drive! :) > and therefore, on my new server, I didn't create > any other partitions than "boot": > > home01 ~ # df -h -T > Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda4 xfs 17T 14T 2.9T 83% / > devtmpfs devtmpfs 10M 0 10M 0% /dev > tmpfs tmpfs 3.2G 644K 3.2G 1% /run > shm tmpfs 16G 512K 16G 1% /dev/shm > /dev/sda2 ext2 124M 46M 72M 39% /boot > ACDFuse fuse.ACDFuse 100T 284M 100T 1% /mnt/acd > /dev/sdb1 ext3 2.7T 707G 1.9T 28% /mnt/toshiba > home01 ~ # > > Backup of important and/or secret files goes to an external > USB hard drive (sdb1) which is formatted with ext3 for > maximum compatibility (every other Linux can read this > without kernel hacks); backup of not-so-secret files goes > to Amazon Cloud Drive (acd) or some other "cloud"; unimportant > files (videos which I have on DVD or BD anyway, or can re-buy) > just aren't backed up. > > -Matt > >
