Re: /globaldevices partition: do I need it?

From: Dragan Cvetkovic (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 10/19/04

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    linolil@equoria.net (linolil) writes:

    > Hi there;
    >
    > I'm installing some Sun V210 systems that will NOT be clustered.
    > I will, however, be using Solaris 9 disksuite to mirror the root
    > disk, so I need some partitions for the replicas.
    >
    > Current partition table (original):
    > Total disk cylinders available: 14087 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
    >
    > Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
    > 0 root wm 0 - 12126 58.84GB (12127/0/0) 123404352
    > 1 swap wu 12127 - 12951 4.00GB (825/0/0) 8395200
    > 2 backup wu 0 - 14086 68.35GB (14087/0/0) 143349312
    > 3 unassigned wu 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
    > 4 unassigned wu 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
    > 5 var wm 12952 - 13982 5.00GB (1031/0/0) 10491456
    > 6 unassigned wm 13983 - 14034 258.38MB (52/0/0) 529152
    > 7 unassigned wm 14035 - 14086 258.38MB (52/0/0) 529152
    >
    > Root, swap and var are obvious. It turns out that s6 is also mounted:
    >
    > /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s6 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s6 /globaldevices ufs 2 yes -
    >
    > A quick look shows that /globaldevices is used when clustering, so the
    > question is, "Do I really need /globaldevice, or can I delete it?"

    If you are not going to go HA, you don't need /globaldevices, so you can
    use it for your repicas. However, 250+MB is an overkill for that. You don't
    need more than 20MB (it used to be 10MB before) for that.

    Bye, Dragan 

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