If I were you.... If the 18Gb drive is faster / better spec, put it at the beginning of the chain, I'd use software raid to mirror the 4.5's and install the system on there, mount /var on the 18Gb and put swap on the 18Gb as well. You can move /home to /var/home later if needs be.
jeremyb. > From: Peter van Hout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/10/23 Wed PM 01:33:12 GMT+13:00 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Drive Allocation for Directories > > Yes another newbie question? > > This weekend I am planning to fdisk our old NT server and install Red > Hat 8.0. It has three physical SCSI hard drives driven from the same > SCSI Card. 2 of these drives are 4.5G while the other one is an 18G > drive. The 18G drive is the last on the chain. > > I am going to set the machine up as a server. > > Any recommendations on the size allocation of each of the > folders/directories and on which drive I should put them when I > partition the drives? > > Peter van Hout > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.404 / Virus Database: 228 - Release Date: 10/15/2002 > >
