Re: Best "one size fits all" FreeBSD partition layout

From: Patrick Scheible (kkt_at_drizzle.com)
Date: 01/21/04

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    Date: 20 Jan 2004 20:22:26 -0800

    smoker <amd@headru.sh> writes:

    > The first machines to be released have only 1 partition, namely /
    > Everything else is under /
    >
    > Is this a good/bad thing, and is it worth our while trying to get the dc
    > to change to a default FreeBSD partition arrangement ?

    There's pros and cons. Depends exactly what you're using it for.

    pro separate partitions:

    if one of your log files gets too big, you crash logging but not your
    whole system.

      anti: but you can set up syslog to avoid that situation.

    pro: as you make backups, you don't have to backup /temp, you can make
    fewer or no backups of root if they haven't changed from day to day.

      anti: but the time and space those partitions take is usually small
      compared to your data that you'll want to backup regardless.

    pro: if you want an extra measure of security, some of the partitions
    can be mounted read only.

      anti: a fair amount of trouble to set up, and setting immutable is
      easier and probably just as effective.

    pro: it's traditional and how it sets up by default.

    pro: if you put the partitions on separate physical disks, you can get
    some performance benefit

      anti: if you're setting up a multidisk system you might as well go
      RAID and get it over with.

    pro: if one partition gets hosed, at least the other partitions will
    still work

      anti: if your filesystem gets hosed often enough to worry about beyond
      keeping backups, you're doing something wrong.

      anti: it's aggrevating when one partition fills up even though you
      have loads of space in another one.

    so it's kind of a wash.

    -- Patrick

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