Types of partitions

Robert F. Stockdale IV javabob at adelphia.net
Fri Mar 12 18:07:28 EST 2004


Still working on it. Some knowledge about how scsi works and that it can 
access multiple drives simultatiously. Therefore, try to keep partitions 
that get heavy use on separate drives. More later.
Bob

TheCactusKid Cactus wrote:

>
>
> */"Robert F. Stockdale IV" <javabob at adelphia.net>/* wrote:
>
>     Another reason and probably most important for servers using SCSI
>     drives is load balancing.
>     Bob
>
>     Hi Bob,
>
>     How does one create it? And how can you tell if you've achieved
>     load balancing or not? Also is there software to baseline it? What
>     about if anything needs adjustment or changes? Can one make any
>     changes after an install to improve load balancing or are you
>     stuck with what you've got?
>
>     Thanks for all the info Guys.
>
>     tHecActUsKid:)
>
>     Darin Perusich wrote:
>
>     > file-system layout are really personal preference more then
>     anything
>     > else. the main reason for breaking up file-systems across multiple
>     > mount point are if one file-system fills up it will not effect the
>     > other file-systems and for backups. /, /boot, /usr, /var are
>     usually
>     > the file-system used by the OS itself, /home is user space,
>     /usr/local
>     > and /opt for 3rd party apps.
>     >
>     > TheCactusKid Cactus wrote:
>     >
>     >> *Hi y'all,*
>     >> *I've got a question. Now I read that there's a /boot, /root,
>     /swap,
>     >> /user/local & or /user, (don't really understand the
>     difference?) and
>     >> /home. Are there any others I should know about in a typical
>     >> installation or is this it? What would be the difference
>     between....
>     >> in the line-up that is....from a Workstation and Server class
>     >> instal! l. (as far as types of partitions) What would be the
>     line-up of
>     >> either? I know I'm not setting up a server class system but for
>     the
>     >> heck of it what would be the line-up? Thanks for all the help.*
>     >> ** *tHecActUsKid:)*
>     >>
>     >>
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