On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:58:17AM -0400, Jon wrote:
> I want to create a new debian Linux based postfix system to sit in front of
> Exchange 2003 and act only as an SMTP gateway for starters and possibly do
> some filtering down the road. There seems to be less than 65,000
> connections per day coming at Exchange and I'm thinking to start with one
> ~16 GB disk for the system.
>
> I've read bits in the list archives that /var/queue and /var/log might be
> advisable to live on separate partitions.
No. Separate disks can be useful, but separate partitions on the *same*
disk just makes for a lot of seeking between the partitions.
Partition single disks to separate the O/S from data you want to keep
across O/S builds, or to avoid *monster* file-systems that are too big
to restore in a reasonable time from backup. Otherwise, avoid extra
partitions.
--
Viktor.
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