/boot at beginning of drive
Brendan Grossman
brendan at grossman.id.au
Tue Apr 18 00:42:01 UTC 2006
> > > > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons
> > > >
> > > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After
> some thought,
> > > > here's what I'm planning on doing...
> > > >
> > > > Disk is 73gb scsi...
> > > >
> > > > / 500mb
> > > > swap 4gb
> > > > /var 4gb
> > > > /usr 4gb
> > > > /home remainder (about 60gb)
> > > >
> > > > then /var/db/mysql -> /home/mysql
>
> You can safely leave /home as part of the /usr filesystem
> i.e. it will be /usr/home. That will gain you 4gb overall. I
> usually only define /home if I'm using a separate drive or
> network filesystem. If you're going to symlink mysql you
> probibly don't need 4GB in var. My webserver is running
> @500MB on /var with 10 databases. 1 or 2GB will be plenty.
Hmm is there much point then in having /var separate?
I have 300 users that need 200mb max space each. That's 60gb of user data if
maxed out. The data will generally be in /var/db/mysql and /home
Now if I was to have a 2gb /var, if it gets filled up by say half the users'
databases, then there's half left whom will be unable to create databases
since /var is full.
That's why I want to put all if not most user data on one partition.
If I put /home on /usr, I might as well just do the following and save any
headaches...
/ 500mb
swap 4gb
/usr remainder
Then /home -> /usr/home
And /var -> /usr/var
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