Re: A question about /srv partition

[Junpei Xia <xiajunpei@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Dave:)

On Apr 2, 2005 1:24 PM, Dave Ewart <davee@sungate.co.uk> wrote:
> On Saturday, 02.04.2005 at 12:21 -0500, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> 
> > > Of course, I have /boot, /home, /opt, /tmp, /usr, /usr/local, /var
> > > all on their own partitions.
> >
> > Of course?  Wow, that is a lot of partitions.  Do you find yourself
> > having to repartition a lot?
> 
> Yeah, partitioning is always hard to advise on, because it depends on
> what you need.
> 
> /boot is required with some systems, BIOSes or disks, but is not
> required at all on many systems
> 
> /home is nearly always a good idea, unless the server will not have any
> real users (i.e. it's just a web server or something like that: just
> running services).  Usually you will want /home to survive a reinstall.
> 
> /opt is probably pointless, unless you are building software yourself to
> put there.  Debian will never use this.
> 
> /tmp is sometimes useful if you have a lot of users creating temporary
> files, as it stops the root partition filling up
> 
> /usr is not normally required on a separate partition, although you can
> sometimes share /usr across multiple systems if you do
> 
> /usr/local: similar to /opt, in that you put stuff you build yourself
> there and it can survive a reinstall
> 
> /var is usually worth keeping separate, so that root doesn't fill up
> completely
> 
> In summary, It Depends.
> 
> Dave.
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Junpei Xia