Re: Linux Partitioning Layout

bob wrote:
Thanks everybody.
Please keep in mind that this is not a home server,
I am planning this layout for PRODUCTION SERVER(Linux,Apache,
PHP,MySQL) - about 4 websites with MySQL backend
and around 10 websites with static content.

Based on your advice and some googling I have this layout so far.
Please feel free to critize it( + explanation so we all can learn
something)

======================================================================
Device | Mount Point | File System | Size | My_Info
======================================================================
"RAID 1"(hardware RAID) capacity 146GB (2 x 146GB Serial-Attach SCSI)

/dev/sda1 /boot ext3 100 MB
/dev/sda2 / ext3 40 GB
/dev/sda3 /swap swap 16 GB
/dev/sda4 /home ext3 40 GB



on "RAID 10"(hardware RAID) capacity 146GB (4 x 73GB Serial-Attach
SCSI)
I create separate partitions for security(and protect from
overflowing)
and performance reasons.

/dev/sdb1 /tmp ext3 5 GB

/dev/sdb2 /var ext3 20 GB
/dev/sdb3 /var/tmp ext3 5 GB

/dev/sdb4 /var/lib/mysql ext3 60 GB Log files,
databases
/dev/sdb5 /var/log/mysql ext3 20 GB

/dev/sdb6 /var/spool ext3 10 GB

OK, stop right there. I see potential overpartitioning. You need to decide how much resources you really need before overdoing it. For example, if /tmp failes to be mountable at boot time, you're still going to have files generated there. And they'll be unreachable after /dev/sdb1 gets mounted on top of it.

If you really need it, fine, but overpartitioning can cause as much or more trouble than can partitions overflowing /
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: pissed off
    ... Therefore, don't get too wound up when you come across a website built on a scaffold of tables, it isn't too long ago that most readers of this newsgroup authored websites in the same manner. ... CSS-P evangelists are just as bad as those who try to force Christianity down your throat - and that comes from someone who has not used tables for layout for several years. ... It will take some time before you see large corporate websites switch to CSS positioning, as it will only be considered prior to a major redesign. ... And remember, it is still extremely hard work to make your CSS layout work flawlessly on Windows, Mac, Linux and a whole range of browsers and browser versions. ...
    (alt.html)
  • Re: Is this a bug
    ... Well it was a real problem as I didn't know it was a "by design" bug. ... the layout of our websites are in the format ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
  • Re: Linux Partitioning Layout
    ... I am planning this layout for PRODUCTION SERVER(Linux,Apache, ... PHP,MySQL) - about 4 websites with MySQL backend ... Based on your advice and some googling I have this layout so far. ...
    (comp.os.linux.setup)
  • Re: Help - horiz Layer positioning - different in IE and Firefox - Why?
    ... websites that don't look as good as other ones. ... marked-up sites but often aren't because the webmasters in question lack ... I suggest you download the html 4.01 and css 2.1 ... layout and find it's a lot easier to get things working in a better ...
    (alt.html)
  • Re: Linux Partitioning Layout
    ... I am planning this layout for PRODUCTION SERVER(Linux,Apache, ... PHP,MySQL) - about 4 websites with MySQL backend ... Based on your advice and some googling I have this layout so far. ...
    (comp.os.linux.setup)