how can i make the partition ?

[tenny]

Hello,

for two server,and HD is 500G and 36G,

for install centos 5.3 64bit,

how can i make partition for each will be better ?

because i checkthe article
http://www.directadmin.com/install.html

it shows

/boot 40 meg
swap 2 x memory
/ rest of drive

i worry if the smple partition will have problem?


thank you

 

[scsi]

It also says:

For a less simple partition structure:



/boot 40 meg
swap 2 x memory
/tmp 1 Gig. Highly recommended to mount /tmp with noexec,nosuid in /etc/fstab
/ 6-10 Gig
/var 8-20 gig. Emails, logs and databases stored here on Redhat/CentOS/Fedora
/usr 5-12 gig. Just DA data, source code, frontpage.
/home rest of drive. Roughly 80% for user data. Mount with nosuid in /etc/fstab if possible.

I would mount like this. Each volume having its own partition is better. Especially if you want to secure /tmp against exec attacks.

 

[floyd]

i worry if the smple partition will have problem?

The simple partition has worked for me for more than 10 years.

 

[nobaloney]

We use what you call the simple partition on drive systems of under 250G. Over 250G we partition the way we've always partitioned servers ... for more than ten years .

Jeff

 

[tenny]

Hello,

if make more partition,

let /var /usr ... have their own partition,

will it have any advantage ?


thank you

 

[nobaloney]

Many of us think so. This page, though Windows oriented, explains it well.

This is a good linux-based discussion.

Jeff