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#1 2009-05-28 05:03:01

Zetsumei
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How should I partition my server? There's 3 hdds.

Finally getting a server setup from an old amd sempron 2ghz 1.5ghz ram computer.  There's three hard drives in it, 10gb, 20 or 40gb and a 250gb.  Should I make the 10gb my / partition, the 20/40gb my /home and the 250gb the /var or what?

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#2 2009-05-28 05:54:46

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Re: How should I partition my server? There's 3 hdds.

Well for starters, what are you going to use this server for?

Personally, I'd create an LVM Logical Group from the 10 and 20/40gb drives and use them for the system with the following mount points:
4gb /
2gb /var
2gb /tmp
4gb /usr
128mb /boot

Then a second LVM Logical Group with just the 250gb drive and use that to create your /home, /data, /srv, /whatever

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#3 2009-05-28 06:10:25

Zetsumei
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Re: How should I partition my server? There's 3 hdds.

It's a basic LAMP server and maybe expand to a mail/dhcp/dns server in the future.  I may make it a file server as well, but 250gb isn't no where near enough to store all my crap lol.

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#4 2009-05-28 07:13:31

fukawi2
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Re: How should I partition my server? There's 3 hdds.

Well if you start with a LVM Volume Group with just the 250gb in it, and mount that as /data or /srv or /home (or a combination) then in the future you can add additional hard drives as you need them and expand the LVM without having to reload, or create additional mount points etc.

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