> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of John Brahy > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:00 PM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: [misc] Partitions > > At first I didn't understand the reason for all the partitions ( > http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2001-01/1654.ht > ml) now I > can't have enough partitions > > In my official OpenBSD CD sleeve it says to create these partitions: > / > swap > /tmp > /var > /usr > /home > > and over time I have learned to appreciate these, but lately > I have been > creating more partitions > /usr/src > /usr/obj > are two of the ones that are suggested when rebuilding my system and I > definitely like the speed of doing a newfs to /usr/obj > > I also have been putting mysql on it's own partition and then > I got a little > crazier and added more partitions and my list has grown to this: > > / > /home > /tmp > /var > /var/mysql > /usr > /usr/local > /usr/src > /usr/obj > /usr/Xbld > /usr/XF4 > /usr/local > /virtualhosts > > So am I going overboard? or am I missing any good partions. > > when I first posted Nick Holland replied with several reasons to have > multiple partions. Those being > security, fragmentation, protecting the filesystem from overfilling, > organization and space tracking. > > does increasing the amount of partitions increase access to > the files on > that partition? > > Any feedback would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > John >
well, from my point of view: if your setup or the things you load on the server needs it - have as many partitions as you want! you'll at latest will see if you went overboard, if it comes to upgrades, restores, etc... your environment has to fit your needs. i've seen machines with just / and swap, and i've seen machines where for example for the database itself have been more than 30 partitions as well. both setups were fine - for their respective needs. if it's manageable, secure and last but not least - FAST, it's fine ;-)
