how many partions (debian sarge 3.1)

Discussion in 'General' started by pontifex, May 2, 2006.

  1. pontifex

    pontifex New Member

    Hi everyone,
    i would like to setup a new server with ispconfig. now i am not sure how to split the hddspace 76.2 GB. what is the advantage to make

    /
    /home
    /var
    /tmp
    /swap

    as partions?

    How would u do that considering the 76,2 GB available space?

    Cheers
    PM
     
  2. mphayesuk

    mphayesuk Member HowtoForge Supporter

    What I did on my system was

    /swap - set to double your memory
    /boot - 50MB
    / - The rest of available space
     
  3. falko

    falko Super Moderator ISPConfig Developer

    I'd do it like that, too, except that I'd use 100MB for /boot. If you compile lots of kernels, 50 MB might be too small.
     
  4. MvincM

    MvincM New Member

    Hi,

    Falko but what about "var" "usr" and "tmp"?

    Are you not afraid of temp files and log files? They can use a lot of space. It could be eaven DOS attack?

    Best regards,
    MvincM
     
  5. falko

    falko Super Moderator ISPConfig Developer

    Too many partitions make things complicated. Log files get rotated, and temp files should also be deleted automatically. I've never had problems with these.
     

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