thssdwv@iitmax.iit.edu (David William Vrona) (01/22/91)
I just upgraded my system with a larger hard disk (Maxtor 4380S with 1542A) and would like recommendations with regards to partitioning it for ISC Unix 2.02. I understand that creating multiple partitions can improve the overall system performance. I have about 330 MBytes to work with and would like about 30 MB for a DOS partition. I would also like to setup a partial news feed and X11. Thank you. -- ############################################################################## # I was gonna run up on ya and do a # David W. Vrona # # Rambo.... O.J. Jones # Illinois Institute of Technology # ############################################################################## # Internet: thssdwv@iitmax.iit.edu # UUCP: # ##############################################################################
jon@hitachi.uucp (Jon Ryshpan) (01/26/91)
In article <1991Jan21.224520.27427@iitmax.iit.edu> thssdwv@iitmax.iit.edu (David William Vrona) writes: >I just upgraded my system with a larger hard disk (Maxtor 4380S with 1542A) >and would like recommendations with regards to partitioning it for >ISC Unix 2.02. I understand that creating multiple partitions can improve the >overall system performance. > ... I would also like to setup a partial news feed and X11. >Thank you. I can't see any advantage to several partitions beyond the seperating root and everything else. Under BSD, you can back up by partition; this can speed backups up if you put static stuff on some of the partitions. But this doesn't apply to backups under sysv. If you have several *drives*, you can get improved disk performancs by organizing your files so as to reduce seeks, say by putting your working directories on one drive and /tmp on the other. If you are afraid that your news spool directory can get out of control, you *may* want to put it on a seperate partition so that it can fill its own partition and not the whole drive. But I don't recommend this. Jonathan Ryshpan <...!uunet!hitachi!jon>
bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) (01/26/91)
In article <673@hitachi.uucp> jon@hitachi.UUCP (Jon Ryshpan) writes: >root and everything else. Under BSD, you can back up by partition; >this can speed backups up if you put static stuff on some of the >partitions. But this doesn't apply to backups under sysv. Why do you say this can't be done under sysv? How about ffsdump, rdump (or whatever), or "find . -mount" ... > >If you are afraid that your news spool directory can get out of >control, you *may* want to put it on a seperate partition so that it >can fill its own partition and not the whole drive. But I don't >recommend this. Why do you not recommend having a separate partition for news spool? -- home: ...!{uunet,bloom-beacon,esegue}!world!unixland!bill bill@unixland.uucp Public Access Unix - Esix SYSVR3 508-655-3848(12/24) 508-651-8723(12/24/96-HST) 508-651-8733(12/24/96-PEP-V32) other: heiser@world.std.com
rudolf@curano.acadch.com (Rudolf Kuenzli) (01/27/91)
In <1991Jan26.021415.12430@unixland.uucp> bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes: >In article <673@hitachi.uucp> jon@hitachi.UUCP (Jon Ryshpan) writes: >>partitions. But this doesn't apply to backups under sysv. >Why do you say this can't be done under sysv? How about ffsdump, rdump (or whatever), or "find . -mount" ... >Why do you not recommend having a separate partition for news spool? Yes, I agree entirely. I have made 3 file systems under SCO Unix V3.2.1: / : Disk space: 93.40 MB of 244.14 MB available (38.26%). /usr/spool/news : Disk space: 76.35 MB of 146.48 MB available (52.12%). /local : Disk space: 180.29 MB of 199.83 MB available (90.22%). Total Disk Space: 350.05 MB of 590.45 MB available (59.28%). /local will contain all PD stuff. -- Don Curano The Magician In real life: Rudolf Kuenzli uucp: ...uunet!autodesk!adeskch!rudolf Internet: rudolf@curano.acadch.com ...chx400!adeskch!rudolf rudolf@adeskch.uu.ch
larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) (01/29/91)
rudolf@curano.acadch.com (Rudolf Kuenzli) writes: >>Why do you not recommend having a separate partition for news spool? >Yes, I agree entirely. I have made 3 file systems under SCO Unix V3.2.1: we also have the news on it's own partition - to speed up processing and to keep the system neat -- -- Larry Snyder, NSTAR Public Access Unix 219-289-0287 (HST/PEP/V.32/v.42bis) regional UUCP mapping coordinator {larry@nstar.rn.com, ..!uunet!nstar!larry, larry%nstar@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu}
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (01/30/91)
In article <673@hitachi.uucp> jon@hitachi.UUCP (Jon Ryshpan) writes: | I can't see any advantage to several partitions beyond the seperating | root and everything else. Under BSD, you can back up by partition; | this can speed backups up if you put static stuff on some of the | partitions. But this doesn't apply to backups under sysv. Is there some reason you wouldn't do the same thing in sysv? I've been running my three systems that way for about four years now, and would do it any other way. | If you are afraid that your news spool directory can get out of | control, you *may* want to put it on a seperate partition so that it | can fill its own partition and not the whole drive. But I don't | recommend this. Having had news eat the system once, I now keep it in a cage. If it runs out of space or inodes it doesn't take the rest of the machine with it. And if you have guest users I would give them a partition, too, so they don't get carried away and run me out of something useful, like tmp. Some things I would always put in separate partitions: root /u or whatever you use for regular users Things which are candidates depending on usage: /usr/spool if lots of uucp and news feeds /usr/spool/news inodes and total size limits /tmp for extra inodes /usr/local if you have a lot of local stuff /guest or whatever you call your courtesy My rule of thumb is that partitions don't allow you to use every last byte, but do make system administration easier, and allow easier movement of stuff from one system to another. They are useful to keep badly behaved applications in check. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (01/30/91)
Partitions are also useful as firewalls for containing disk corruption. This has become less important as the systems get more reliable, but I'm still glad they're there. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"