On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:43:14 -0600, Mark Workman <[email protected]> wrote: > What are recommended LVM mount points for a Linux guest? I currently use > /opt for my WebSphere installations, but occasionally fill up /.
I generally use seperate partitions for: / /boot /home /tmp /usr /var ...on any server system. Unix tradition is that root and boot are small partitions, /usr will be big enough to contain all the package-managed binaries you plan on installing. /tmp is segregated off so users can't hose the system by writing to it. /var is seperated so logging and changing data can't step all over the place. Newer systems will usually have a /srv system for FTP and the like. /home is usually automounting an NFS server somewhere on a per-user basis. /var may well be broken down further, since e.g. the postgresql database stores its data under /var. Our non-package managed binaries all live in /bnz, which makes it easy to target backups to parts of the system that aren't centrally managed and automatically rebuildable from bare metal. The main consideration for me in filesystem layout is minimising the chance that the system, or key parts thereof, can be rendered unusable by runaway logging/uploads/work files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
