Thanks to everyone for their input. This makes much more sense now. Ryan
>>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:45 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Fargusson.Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The answer is: it depends. > > I usually try to put /usr, /opt, /var, and /tmp on separate filesystems. > One big HOWEVER is that I know that my users don't use much space in their > home directories. I would separate /home out if I didn't know this for sure. > > We only have 3390-3s, so I start with one volume per filesystem, except /tmp. > Since /tmp can be much smaller I use create a minidisk of around 300 > cylinders. We are not doing much with Linux on Z right now, so /tmp may need > to be larger if you are doing a lot of compiles, or anything that creates > large temporary files. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Ryan McCain > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Root filesystem > > > Do you have every directory under / defined as its own filesystem? /etc, > /boot, /var, /opt, /lib, etc.. ? > >>>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David > Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The main reason is we have a limited about of disk to allocate and we >> will >>> have a hard time saying X gigs go to /opt, Y gigs will be needed for >>> /home, etc. >> >> Then put those secondary directories into LVMs and mount them at boot >> time in /etc/fstab -- no problem there. It's really just / that we're >> worrying about here. For a manageable system in a large configuration, / >> is (and should be) small and rarely changed -- all it has to do is >> provide mount points for other filesystems, either in LVM, network, FCP, >> etc. >> >> In most cases, / contains enough to get the system up and on the network >> to the point where you can work with it. Once you can do that, you can >> do anything else you want to do fairly easily. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ______________________ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email from the State of California is for the > sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review or use, including disclosure > or distribution, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this email. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
