Best Hard Drive Partitioning setup?

modem

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I'm building my second DA server that is a dual P3 1.13ghz Tualatin based with 1GB of PC133 ram. Obviously this thing will be pretty darn quick and serve my customer needs until I outgrow it. But as I've gotten the other hardware taken care of I am left with a few questions regarding the hard drives and partitioning.

Previously on my old DA server I had 80gb x 2 mirrored for the "/" partition and then 160gb x 2 mirrored with for the "/home" partition only. Based on everyone elses very professional opinion and hopefully opinions of the DA staff... what is the best recommended partitioning scheme?

- Should I mirror two more 80GB drives for "/"?

- Should I partition "/var", "/usr", "/boot", "/" all on seperate partitions on the same 80gb mirror?

- If so, what should those sizes be for the above partitions?

What I am doing is trying to keep in mind when it comes to mail storage, logs, etc. I'm just looking for advice to get the best setup to meet my customers needs.

Brad
 
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