I need further HDD advice before submitting order.

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Date: 05/11/05

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    Hi again,

    I posted a question here last week, asking for advice on how I should
    ask my datacenter to divide up the HDDs in my new server. Thank you to
    everyone who responded.

    I have tried to understand all the advice given and, since then, have
    tried to get myself up to speed by reading the relevant sections in The
    Complete FreeBSD, FreeBSD Unleashed, Absolute BSD and Teach Yourself
    FreeBSD in 24 Hours (it didn't).

    I understand a little more than I did but am still unsure as to how I
    should divide the HDDs and would very much appreciate reactions to my
    current proposal.

    ----------

    Server purpose: Initially just forums, later sundry other Web apps i.e.
    ecommerce, ticket bookings etc. Will possibly become a heavy-duty email
    server at some stage.

    2GB RAM

    80GB HDD IDE:
    / = 1GB
    /usr = 15GB
    /local = 15GB
    Swap = 4GB
    Unallocated = 40GB

    200GB HDD IDE:

    /tmp = 2GB (is that enough?)
    /home = 28GB
    /var = 100GB (will inclube the forum databases etc)
    Unallocated = 70GB

    I'll be asking them to put the both disks in dangerously dedicated mode,
    with each on a different IDE bus.

    ----------

    Is it a good idea leaving so much unallocated space? My research
    suggests that this may be useful for moving directories around or giving
    specific subdirectories their own partition at a later date when I have
    a better idea of usage, does that sound right?

    The only problem about creating partitions at a later date is that I
    will have command line access only, I'm not even sure if I can create
    partitions at a later date, I think that for sysinstall I might actually
    have to be there. Can anyone advise me on this?

    Swap: As the second disk will have the presumably quite busy /tmp and
    /var, placing all the swap on this the first disk, rather than shared
    between both, could help to balance the load a bit (thanks to Henry
    Miller for that suggestion). With 2GB of RAM, I'm hoping the Swap won't
    be needed very often anyway; if it is, I may simply add more memory.

    I decided not to use GPT because, although it sounds great, it seems a
    little complicated for a newbie like me.

    Apologies for seeking your help once again, I just need to get this
    straight before submitting the order, I would be very grateful for any
    and all advice.

    Thanks,

    Donnacha

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