Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

[gary%duzan.org@localhost]

   I may have missed it, but I don't think this thread would be complete
without bringing up LVM. Assigning the bulk of your storage to LVM
allows you to start with more small partitions and grow them over time
as needed. That would get you a step closer to your accustomed
FreeBSD/ZFS scheme.

                        Gary Duzan


p.s. NetBSD does have ZFS, but I haven't tried it, and I seem to recall
some discussion of stability issues.


> I think a fourth of the disk should be for /var and a fourth for /
> and the rest for /home
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> xuser%sdf.org@localhost
> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.org
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> On Wed, 13 Dec 2023, joelp%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
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>>> I look at it in exactly the opposite way - it fills me with joy to
>>> see that something has gone wild and filled a partition, and I didn't
>>> even notice, as everything I'm doing is elsewhere, not being bothered.
>>> [Turn on process accounting, and do a few full builds, and /var/account
>>> will soon take over whatever space you have allowed it to occupy.]
>>
>> I stopped using many partitions on my BSD servers (except OpenBSD router
>> where I use defaults), and my Rock64 type devices have only 1 partition
>> (plus tmpfs etc); but for those Aarch64 devices that's how the image
>> comes.
>>
>> It's interesting though that my (FreeBSD) ZFS server has many mount
>> points
>> because of various datasets. So, I decreased the OS partitions generally
>> but more than made up for it in datasets.
>>
>> -Joel
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