Thanks for the reply (all of you!). I did read a tiny bit about LVM in the RH install/config documentation. It seemed like very useful technology, but I stayed away from it for the moment given my embryonic understanding of the Linux environment.
My setup is strictly for an anonymous (private...by fixed IP list at the FW) FTP server that will take in HUGE (100-1000 MB) MPEG2 files which then get moved to our video production servers (the FTP basically serves as a temporary holding bin for inbound content from our clients). Being stuck on the cheap, I'm using an old PII/400 PC with 256 MB of RAM and 2 40 GB IDE drives connected to a HighPoint ATA controller card and setting up RAID1 during the Linux install. I started the install yesterday, and after feeling my way through the manual DiskDruid part (something like 5-6 times!) I THINK I have the RAID done correctly (I'll find out this morning, I left it doing the drive checking part on all the partitions yesterday evening). I went with 500 MB partitions for swap, / and /boot. I went with 4 GB /var and /home partitions, and then put all remaining disk space into the /usr partition (where I'll point the FTP server). I have no idea if the box will even end up booting! after I'm done...I guess I'll find out shortly. Since this is something of a developmental/test box, I'd kinda like to investigate everyone's LVM suggestions, especially since I'm not even through the initial OS install yet. I may just have to get out the company checkbook and get a hardware IDE RAID controller instead and start all over. Sorry to ramble a bit hear, but if anyone has any feedback given the above, your advice or comments are always greatly appreciated. Regards, Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Thierry ITTY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 38 GB partitioning advice I'd set up reasonnable system partitions (depending on what you'll install) such as 50/100 MB for /boot 2/4GB for / swap (twice ram) then use LVM for the rest. with LVM you'll be able to increase/decrease partitions size seamlessly A 13:00 24/03/2003 -0500, vous avez écrit : >All, > >I'm setting up a RH8 server (FTP) onto mirrored 40 GB drives (38162 usable...doing the RAID as part of the OS install) and need some partitioning suggestions for the installation. What partitions and sizes should I use (and why for those who feel like being extra informative...thanks in advance). > >Regards and thanks, > >Stuart > > > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > - * - * - * - * - * - * - Bien sûr que je suis perfectionniste ! Mais ne pourrais-je pas l'être mieux ? Thierry ITTY eMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
