On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:11:10 -0500, Celejar wrote in message <20101116151110.a73dd6fc.cele...@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:56:12 +0100 > Arnt Karlsen <a...@c2i.net> wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:12:37 -0500, Celejar wrote in message > > <20101115211237.ad4d60f6.cele...@gmail.com>: > > > > > On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:08:42 +0100 > > > Arnt Karlsen <a...@c2i.net> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:20:02 -0400, Stefan wrote in message > > > > <jwvab2n5p8a.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.debian.u...@gnu.org>: > > > > > > > > > > sda1 / 10Gb > > > > > > > > ..overkill. > > > > > > > > > > sda2 /usr 10Gb > > > > > > > > ..unless this is a single purpose server, > > > > you will want much more, e.g. 50G. > > > > > > 50Gb for /usr?! Why?! > > > > ..I installed _everything_ until Lenny, and > > played around and reported mostly conflict > > bugs. And, Sid provides a softer growth than > > the dist-upgrade disk usage shocks. ;o) > > > > ..most people will want "comfy space" to play > > around in and learn, these days that's easily > > 20GB, and for your next machine in say 5 years, > > easily 50GB. > > This still seems very high. My /usr currently uses 2GB, and while I > admit I'm pretty parsimonious, I really don't see the point in 20. > HDDs are large today, but my machine only has 60. ..maybe, Bill Gates once voiced similar concerns over excessive ram at 640kB. ;o) > > > > > > sda3 /var 10 Gb > > > > > > > > ..for a server, you want much more, I use > > > > 22G for a lan web server. > > > > > > Why? What's in your var? > > > > .. mount points for /var/www and var/log > > (22GB and 2.2GB), 1.6GB in var/tmp, > > 1.3GB in /var/lib, 179MB in /var/cache and > > 120MB in /var/mail, to name the big ones. > > Yes, I understand a few GB for /var/log, but many webservers aren't > serving anything close to 20 GB of content. ..maybe, I do it for my own use though. ;o) > Celejar -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101117040559.5600a...@a45.fmb.no
