Re: I need further HDD advice before submitting order.

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Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 18:02:28 +0100
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Wow, I just got an email from my host saying they'd gone ahead and set
up my server without waiting for my instructions.

I logged in using the details they sent and found that they've set it up
as follows:

Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ad0s1a 507630 35424 431596 8% /
devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev
/dev/ad2s1f 15231278 525930 13486846 4% /usr
/dev/ad2s1e 5077038 548 4670328 0% /var
/dev/ad0s1e 72802358 44 66978126 0% /home
/dev/ad0s1d 507630 6 467014 0% /tmp
/dev/ad2s1d 507630 6 467014 0% /var/tmp
/dev/ad2s1g 168392416 4 154921020 0% /www

Definitely very different from the configuration I've been moving
towards - only 5GB for /var, almost 170GB for a directory I hadn't even
considered, /www, not sure what they've allocated to swap.

Damn. Should I try to reconfigure this or ask them to do a fresh
install according to my instructions?

I'm a bit worried because there might be elements of what they've
included here that are necessary.

Should I be including things like /dev in my instructions or isn't that
implicit?

Any and all advice VERY much appreciated,

Thanks,

Donnacha

freebsd.org@donnacha.com wrote:
> 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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