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From: Germana Oliveira on 11 Jun 2010 07:30 Hello! Im going to install a new Debian Lenny and im planning to do this: Disk 1 (10GB) /boot swap /tmp /home (it's going to be a server without GUI so, im not going to use /home too much) Disk 2 (40GB) /usr /var / (root) This server is going to have: LDAP, apache, php, DHCP (probably), postgre (maybe) and gosa any suggestion are welcome! -- B.O.G bog(a)jabberes.org http://626f67.wordpress.com http://slcarabobo.wordpress.com "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me dozens of times, I'm an Apple customer." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTing5oOW_8b5sDXvSf_MJXQOdFh7wxYIH3SzMCq0(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Jochen Schulz on 11 Jun 2010 07:50 Germana Oliveira: > > any suggestion are welcome! I won't comment on your disk layout, but just one hint: you should absolutely use LVM. It is nothing more than an abstraction layer between your disks/partitions and the filesystems, but offers a lot of flexibility. If after one year you recognize that today's decision about the partition layout aren't optimal anymore, LVM makes it really easy to extend your filesystems. J. -- I have never been happier than I am now; a fact which depresses me immensely. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
From: Iñigo Tejedor Arrondo on 11 Jun 2010 08:00 2010/6/11 Germana Oliveira <germanaoliveirab(a)gmail.com>: > Hello! > > Im going to install a new Debian Lenny and im planning to do this: > > Disk 1 (10GB) > /boot > swap > /tmp > /home (it's going to be a server without GUI so, im not going to use > /home too much) > > Disk 2 (40GB) > /usr > /var > / (root) > > This server is going to have: LDAP, apache, php, DHCP (probably), > postgre (maybe) and gosa > > any suggestion are welcome! Don't forget to implement external backups for data. If users are going to have shell, keep in mind quota configuration (also they can writte out of $HOME (i.e. /tmp, /var/tmp, etc...) With many services in only one server, LVM is a good base for partitions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTikjL8JuyY6Xipl42GHrVDZSX78hCf07XOH03UU1(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Roger Leigh on 11 Jun 2010 09:00 On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 06:47:49AM +1930, Germana Oliveira wrote: > Hello! > > Im going to install a new Debian Lenny and im planning to do this: > > Disk 1 (10GB) > /boot > swap > /tmp > /home (it's going to be a server without GUI so, im not going to use > /home too much) > > Disk 2 (40GB) > /usr > /var > / (root) I second the opinion about using LVM. You could also consider using RAID1 over 1GB of both disks: Create /dev/sda1 (10GB, total disk) and /dev/sdbn (10GB, partition) and set these up as partitions for RAID. You can then use that as /dev/md0 directly, or run LVM on top of that. You could also then just have a /boot and put the rest of the disk in a second LVM VG: sda: sda1 10G RAID sdb: sdb1: 250M /boot sdb2: 10G RAID sdb3: 30G PV You can then use the 30G PV for swap, and any other filesystems which are less important, and use the 10G for more important stuff which needs to be stored more safely. It will give you more flexibility than static partition layouts can. You could also use GPT partitions rather than DOS MBR. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
From: Stephen Powell on 11 Jun 2010 11:10
On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:56:15 -0400 (EDT), Roger Leigh wrote: > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 06:47:49AM +1930, Germana Oliveira wrote: >> Hello! >> >> Im going to install a new Debian Lenny and im planning to do this: >> >> Disk 1 (10GB) >> /boot >> swap >> /tmp >> /home (it's going to be a server without GUI so, im not going to use >> /home too much) >> >> Disk 2 (40GB) >> /usr >> /var >> / (root) > > I second the opinion about using LVM. You could also consider > using RAID1 over 1GB of both disks: I use LVM too, but not for that purpose. I use LVM to combine multiple physical volumes into a single logical volume. For example, on the s390 architecture, a 3390-3 DASD volume is about 2.2G. If I want a file system larger than 2.2G, I have to use LVM and add multiple DASD volumes to a single logical volume. So far, I have been able to use programs such as partman from the Debian installer to resize physical partitions without too much trouble and without data loss, though I must admit that I haven't done it in a while. Also, I'm not sure that I'd put /boot and / on different physical disks. That means that if *either* disk fails you can't boot, not even into single user mode. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1272859071.136388.1276268484495.JavaMail.root(a)md01.wow.synacor.com |