Re: Partitioning a Web Server
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 14:20, Jones, Steven wrote:
> I would strongly disagree, partitioning is very important. Logging should
> be separated out so that a full /var wont stop logging in.
How does a full /var stop people logging in? I just did a quick test and
/bin/login permits logging in for non-root accounts when /var is full.
One thing no-one seems to have mentioned yet is the need for RAID. Relying on
a single disk for all your data is very risky. Software RAID-1 is cheap and
easy.
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