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Re: Partitioning a Web Server



Am 18:43 2003-04-15 -0700 hat Daniel Brown geschrieben:
>
>Wrote Randy Kramer:
>
>> On Monday 14 April 2003 11:44 pm, Russell Coker wrote:
>> > On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 13:38, Michelle Konzack wrote:
>> > >                 I mean, Each Client has 250 Mbyte DiskSpace for ftp,
>> > >                 http, mail and LOGS and can not use more !!!
>> > >
>> > >                 But 200-300 partitions on ONE DISK ???
>> 
>> I'm a little late with this, but just thought that someone should 
>> mention that there is some kind of limit on the number of partitions 
>> per disk.  It's something like 63 for IDE disks and 16 for SCSI disks 
>> (but I could have that backwards).
>
>The loop device (mounting filesystems from a file on a disk) is able
>to have more than that -- up to 256 as of recent 2.4 kernels.
>
>The default allocation is small: only 8.  To get more, pass a
>parameter of max_loop=<1-256> when booting the kernel or loading the
>loop module.  Example for lilo.conf:
>
>image=/vmlinuz
>    label=Linux
>    read-only
>    append="max_loop=256"

I think I will look for the right file in the Sources to change 
it permanently 

>Then read losetup(8) manpage and start making some filesystems.

I have done this many times bevore... 

>Really, though, limiting disk allocation for clients is more flexibly
>done by using quotas, where users are simply stopped from using more
>space than they're allowed.

Hmmm, formating a ZIP-100, ZIP-250 or an ZIP-750 with ext2/3 and then 
a 'dd' on it. 

If I client like to get his Diskpace I can 'dd' it to ZIP-Disks ;-))

>Using partitions or loop devices in web-hosting is only a good idea if
>you're providing virtual private servers -- or similar special
>purposes.

Thanks
Michelle

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