IT_Architect
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I'm experimenting with Linux after more than a decade after switching to FreeBSD. My partner is more web-oriented and not MIS technical. Site reliability is a huge thing. I soon won't be there at a moment's notice when things go sideways because I'm setting up orphanages, so I'm trying to make the servers as "neglect proof" as I can.
Current FreeBSD
AlmaLinux (Proposed from advice)
The current FreeBSD MySQL directory is just over a gig. That may double or triple but I don't foresee beyond that.
I see posts online that have /var/log and /var/log/audit in separate partitions.
- In FreeBSD I have scripts that keep /var/log small. Perhaps I need/want more for /var in Linux, but how much for /var and how much for /var/log?
- I also have no idea how useful /var/log/audit is, how much space it typically uses, nor how useful it is. From contents that they explain online, it looks about as useful as a core dump. I'm wondering why someone would want to make it separate from /var/log and if so, how large it should be.
During install, for Software I select Minimal Install and from the right side check Standard or leave unchecked?
DA's instructions show using yum instead of dnf. Why?
How can I avoid ending up with Mariah instead of MySQL during install?
I think FreeBSD so your Linux thoughts and input requested and appreciated.
Thanks!!!
Current FreeBSD
Volume | Size | Used |
---|---|---|
/ | 2G | 24% |
/tmp | 1G | 1% |
/var | 5G | 21% |
/var/tmp | 1G | 1% |
/usr | 15G | 62% (I normally target partition size to be at <=50% capacity based on anticipated size.) |
/home |
AlmaLinux (Proposed from advice)
Volume | Size | DA Recommended |
---|---|---|
/boot | .5G | .5G |
/ | 10G | 6-10 *Way bigger than FreeBSD |
/tmp | 1G | 1G |
/var | 19G | 8-20G *Reduced by 1G for /var/tmp |
/var/tmp | 1G | |
/usr | 30G | 5 - 12+ GB DA data, source code, MySQL backups with custom build option. |
/home |
The current FreeBSD MySQL directory is just over a gig. That may double or triple but I don't foresee beyond that.
I see posts online that have /var/log and /var/log/audit in separate partitions.
- In FreeBSD I have scripts that keep /var/log small. Perhaps I need/want more for /var in Linux, but how much for /var and how much for /var/log?
- I also have no idea how useful /var/log/audit is, how much space it typically uses, nor how useful it is. From contents that they explain online, it looks about as useful as a core dump. I'm wondering why someone would want to make it separate from /var/log and if so, how large it should be.
During install, for Software I select Minimal Install and from the right side check Standard or leave unchecked?
DA's instructions show using yum instead of dnf. Why?
How can I avoid ending up with Mariah instead of MySQL during install?
I think FreeBSD so your Linux thoughts and input requested and appreciated.
Thanks!!!
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