Way back in October 2000, on the SAGE members mailing list,
well-known expert Tom Limoncelli said:
"It isn't a service if it isn't monitored. If there is
no monitoring then you're just running software."
--- Tom Limoncelli
On Wed, 2023/04/05 02:34:15PM -0500, o1bigtenor via talk <[email protected]>
wrote:
| Quite a number of years ago a now deceased mentor advised that a great way
| to reduce the problem caused by a runaway var file was to use separate
| /var and /usr partitions (from / and /home).
I would argue that these days, in most cases, that is no longer
a good configuration. Sure, /var filling up won't prevent you
from manipulating files in /home.
But if /var or / or /tmp is full, you've got a problem. And with multiple
partitions, you need to have multiple chunks of free space. And you
have to have a good idea up front of what your space requirements are.
And yes, with LVM you can often extend a partition. But multiple
partitions just mean more problems to worry about.
Better you just alert once your disk gets 80% (or whatever) full.
My two cents - cheers.
John
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