Types of partitions

[Joe]

You probably know this, but be sure to check the md5sum of anything you 
download and burn.  There are a lot of slips between the cup and the lip 
and you can avoid trying to debug a whole slew of "non-existent" 
problems by making sure your images are good before you start.

Joe

TheCactusKid Cactus wrote:

>
>
> */"Robert F. Stockdale IV" <javabob at adelphia.net>/* wrote:
>
>     Still working on it. Some knowledge about how scsi works and that
>     it can
>     access multiple drives simultaneously. Therefore, try to keep
>     partitions
>     that get heavy use on separate drives. More later.
>     Bob
>
>     Hi Bob,
>
>     Oh I see, something like I was trying to figure out, and why I was
>     flipping the partitions around on paper. Sounds cool! What would
>     be the most used partitions? Would you say: swap, /, /var, ???
>     That is why I was moving them around in my mind!
>
>     I have not started the install till I'm sure of the line-up. As
>     well as getting 80 minute CD-R's to burn with so I can turn the
>     ISO's I downloaded from ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/ into binary. 
>
>     From all I've read SCSI has its pro's and con's but the pro's out
>     weight the con's. SCSI is so cool, but the more modern SCSI is
>     still out of my reach$. One day I will build a new system with
>     modern SCSI...all the top shelf parts.
>
>     I'd like to build a hot-swap raid server just for the heck of it.
>     All the bells and whistles. Even if I can't build a new one I can
>     try to build one as a legacy hardware box as I'm doing now. 
>
>     Well I just woke up and need coffee, talk to ya later have a good one!
>
>     tHecActUsKid:)
>
>     =============================================
>
>     TheCactusKid Cactus wrote:
>     >
>     > */"Robert F. Stockdale IV" /* 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:)
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