Disk Layout During Install????

[100mbs]

I am installing Solaris 10 on a V880 with two 146GB HDD and 12GB of RAM.

I was thinking of doing this for the disk layout:

0 / = 72GB
1 /swap = 24GB
2
5 unused = for metadb on veritas volume manager
6 /logs = 50GB
7 unused = for metadb on veritas volume manager

Anybody have any other thoughts????

 

[SamBones]

I would cut the swap in half at least. Unless you need a very large [tt]/tmp[/tt] ([tt]/tmp[/tt] uses swap). And also give [tt]/var[/tt] it's own partition.

Do you really need 50GB for [tt]/logs[/tt]? That seems excessive. Is this some kind of log server?

I usually give /export/home it's own file system too, but that would probably be on a Veritas volume.

 

[100mbs]

This server is running HTTPS server and WebSphere (JAVA)APPlication Server, so all of our logs combined do get to be quite large. Not to mention we keep them for sometimes a month maybe two.

Just curious why would you give /var its own slice?

I thought /swap you normally double your memory? Does Solaris 10 use swap better?

 

[djr111]

/var is one of the filesystems that tends to be dynamic and has the tendency to grow. Patches/pkgs are there, logs from the system and applications usually send their logs to /var. I too agree with SamBones on having a seperate /var. I have always be a proponent of it.

it is an easy way to fill / to 100% without even knowing. Some people if they do not want a separate /var will sometimes make a separate /var/logs filsystem.


the double your memory was really a good rule of thumb years back when memory was expensive and when systems only had limited amounts like 2gb or 4gb. Now systems have 16, 32gb or more, so that double formula really does not fit. It is still used though, even by me in most cases.