How large should I make root, home, usr, var, and tmp partitions?
up vote
12
down vote
favorite
i install ubuntu server 10.04, have 64 Gb VHD.
And want to separate partitions in this mode:
/dev/xvda0 p on swap (2 Gb)
/dev/xvda1a0 e on /boot (128 Mb)
/dev/xvda1a1 e on / type ffs (local)
/dev/xvda1a2 e on /usr type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a3 e on /tmp type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a4 e on /var/log type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a5 e on /var type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid)
/dev/xvda1a6 e on /home type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid, with quotas)
/dev/xvda2 p on /new (local, nodev, nosuid, noexec) with rest of space ~50Gb.
But i'ma stuck, and don't know what size to give to each folder.
Also i want to encrypt partitions.
Thank you for any tips.
EDIT: System need minimum size, here will be installed about 10 apps like ufw, apache,mysql, chkrootkit and so on.
10.04 server partitioning encryption
asked Jun 5 '12 at 14:23
Mikhael Djekson
881110
add a comment |
up vote
12
down vote
favorite
i install ubuntu server 10.04, have 64 Gb VHD.
And want to separate partitions in this mode:
/dev/xvda0 p on swap (2 Gb)
/dev/xvda1a0 e on /boot (128 Mb)
/dev/xvda1a1 e on / type ffs (local)
/dev/xvda1a2 e on /usr type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a3 e on /tmp type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a4 e on /var/log type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a5 e on /var type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid)
/dev/xvda1a6 e on /home type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid, with quotas)
/dev/xvda2 p on /new (local, nodev, nosuid, noexec) with rest of space ~50Gb.
But i'ma stuck, and don't know what size to give to each folder.
Also i want to encrypt partitions.
Thank you for any tips.
EDIT: System need minimum size, here will be installed about 10 apps like ufw, apache,mysql, chkrootkit and so on.
10.04 server partitioning encryption
asked Jun 5 '12 at 14:23
Mikhael Djekson
881110
1
Was any of the answers useful for you? If so, please mark one as an answer.
– Anders
Sep 8 '13 at 1:12
add a comment |
up vote
12
down vote
favorite
up vote
12
down vote
favorite
i install ubuntu server 10.04, have 64 Gb VHD.
And want to separate partitions in this mode:
/dev/xvda0 p on swap (2 Gb)
/dev/xvda1a0 e on /boot (128 Mb)
/dev/xvda1a1 e on / type ffs (local)
/dev/xvda1a2 e on /usr type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a3 e on /tmp type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a4 e on /var/log type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a5 e on /var type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid)
/dev/xvda1a6 e on /home type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid, with quotas)
/dev/xvda2 p on /new (local, nodev, nosuid, noexec) with rest of space ~50Gb.
But i'ma stuck, and don't know what size to give to each folder.
Also i want to encrypt partitions.
Thank you for any tips.
EDIT: System need minimum size, here will be installed about 10 apps like ufw, apache,mysql, chkrootkit and so on.
10.04 server partitioning encryption
asked Jun 5 '12 at 14:23
Mikhael Djekson
881110
i install ubuntu server 10.04, have 64 Gb VHD.
And want to separate partitions in this mode:
/dev/xvda0 p on swap (2 Gb)
/dev/xvda1a0 e on /boot (128 Mb)
/dev/xvda1a1 e on / type ffs (local)
/dev/xvda1a2 e on /usr type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a3 e on /tmp type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a4 e on /var/log type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/xvda1a5 e on /var type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid)
/dev/xvda1a6 e on /home type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid, with quotas)
/dev/xvda2 p on /new (local, nodev, nosuid, noexec) with rest of space ~50Gb.
But i'ma stuck, and don't know what size to give to each folder.
Also i want to encrypt partitions.
Thank you for any tips.
EDIT: System need minimum size, here will be installed about 10 apps like ufw, apache,mysql, chkrootkit and so on.
10.04 server partitioning encryption
10.04 server partitioning encryption
asked Jun 5 '12 at 14:23
Mikhael Djekson
881110
asked Jun 5 '12 at 14:23
Mikhael Djekson
881110
edited Jun 5 '12 at 14:35
asked Jun 5 '12 at 14:23
Mikhael Djekson
881110
asked Jun 5 '12 at 14:23
Mikhael Djekson
881110
asked Jun 5 '12 at 14:23
Mikhael Djekson
881110
881110
1
Was any of the answers useful for you? If so, please mark one as an answer.
– Anders
Sep 8 '13 at 1:12
add a comment |
1
Was any of the answers useful for you? If so, please mark one as an answer.
– Anders
Sep 8 '13 at 1:12
1
1
Was any of the answers useful for you? If so, please mark one as an answer.
– Anders
Sep 8 '13 at 1:12
Was any of the answers useful for you? If so, please mark one as an answer.
– Anders
Sep 8 '13 at 1:12
add a comment |
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
First, I would put all space, except /boot, in a LVM2 volume. That's because it makes it so much easier to adjust partition size later, even on live systems and modern file systems.
Then I would make root small about 1GB, /usr about 6GB, /var about 2GB, /boot about 512 MB, swap same size as RAM, /var/log, /home and /srv large enough. It can be adjusted later.
I would not used all unallocated space now, as that could later be used to expand the other partitions, as I'm using LVM2. I could even add new paritions like /tmp, but that is a bit more complicated. I never use anything but LVM2 anymore. With that, I can even move the installation to RAID disks in less than 30 minutes, including creating and copy files and all.
For more information about LVM2, read this: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/410
Yes, about encryptions, please have a look at Luks support:
- http://www.hermann-uwe.de/taxonomy/term/95
- http://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/71
- (Package cryptsetup) file:/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/README.remote.gz
answered Jun 6 '12 at 13:22
Anders
1,353612
1
Shouldn't SWAP be a bit bigger than RAM?(Then again, I'm a hypocrite, as I use 256MB swap on 4GB RAM)
– hexafraction
Jun 6 '12 at 20:18
1
Swap shoul be as large as you need it to be, not larger. :) How large that is depends on what you run in your machine and how much RAM you got. There are recommendations about RAM to 2*RAM. But there are people that run perfectly well without any swap to. But I wouldn't recommend that unless you know what you do. And then you wouldn't ask here, would you? :)
– Anders
Jun 6 '12 at 20:37
1
Yes, if you want to hibernate your system, you'll need swap to be a bit larger than your RAM.
– gerlos
Mar 4 '14 at 9:25
@Anders I found this while searching for clues on LVM setup. Do you mean I don't need to set up RAID from scratch when I use LVM? How about this set up: I got server with 2 hard drives, the system is installed on /dev/sda, /dev/sdb is unused. LVM is not in use, AFAICT. Can I migrate to using LVM and RAID 1? Or should I reinstall from scratch? But then again, can I? (the machine is a server hosted by Leaseweb, I can reinstall different OS'es from their control panel, and even choose non-default options like partition layout, but I'm not sure how (if at all) can I instruct it to use LVM/RAID)
– Nickolai Leschov
Mar 24 '14 at 13:40
@Nickolai, Preferably, set up RAID with BOOT on mirror RAID on all and then rest as you like (RAID5 if 3 or more disks, RAID6 on 4 or more) and make LVM on that other part. If already installed with LVM, I would do this: Clean one disk of data, pref. the one not booting from. Make a BOOT mirror RAID (where the second disk is none) and a mirror RAID (since only two disks) of the rest. I would then make the second RAID a physical disk and add to the vg. After that transfer all data from the old disk in vg and then remove from the vg. After that make and add the first disk to RAID. Finished!
– Anders
Mar 25 '14 at 2:20
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
2
down vote
There is no correct or wrong answer,personally i would make a 12GB partition for my Ubuntu installation containing:
-> 6GB for root
-> 2GB for swap
-> 4GB for home
answered Jun 5 '12 at 14:30
dlin
2,18721530
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "89"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f146838%2fhow-large-should-i-make-root-home-usr-var-and-tmp-partitions%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
First, I would put all space, except /boot, in a LVM2 volume. That's because it makes it so much easier to adjust partition size later, even on live systems and modern file systems.
Then I would make root small about 1GB, /usr about 6GB, /var about 2GB, /boot about 512 MB, swap same size as RAM, /var/log, /home and /srv large enough. It can be adjusted later.
I would not used all unallocated space now, as that could later be used to expand the other partitions, as I'm using LVM2. I could even add new paritions like /tmp, but that is a bit more complicated. I never use anything but LVM2 anymore. With that, I can even move the installation to RAID disks in less than 30 minutes, including creating and copy files and all.
For more information about LVM2, read this: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/410
Yes, about encryptions, please have a look at Luks support:
- http://www.hermann-uwe.de/taxonomy/term/95
- http://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/71
- (Package cryptsetup) file:/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/README.remote.gz
answered Jun 6 '12 at 13:22
Anders
1,353612
1
Shouldn't SWAP be a bit bigger than RAM?(Then again, I'm a hypocrite, as I use 256MB swap on 4GB RAM)
– hexafraction
Jun 6 '12 at 20:18
1
Swap shoul be as large as you need it to be, not larger. :) How large that is depends on what you run in your machine and how much RAM you got. There are recommendations about RAM to 2*RAM. But there are people that run perfectly well without any swap to. But I wouldn't recommend that unless you know what you do. And then you wouldn't ask here, would you? :)
– Anders
Jun 6 '12 at 20:37
1
Yes, if you want to hibernate your system, you'll need swap to be a bit larger than your RAM.
– gerlos
Mar 4 '14 at 9:25
@Anders I found this while searching for clues on LVM setup. Do you mean I don't need to set up RAID from scratch when I use LVM? How about this set up: I got server with 2 hard drives, the system is installed on /dev/sda, /dev/sdb is unused. LVM is not in use, AFAICT. Can I migrate to using LVM and RAID 1? Or should I reinstall from scratch? But then again, can I? (the machine is a server hosted by Leaseweb, I can reinstall different OS'es from their control panel, and even choose non-default options like partition layout, but I'm not sure how (if at all) can I instruct it to use LVM/RAID)
– Nickolai Leschov
Mar 24 '14 at 13:40
@Nickolai, Preferably, set up RAID with BOOT on mirror RAID on all and then rest as you like (RAID5 if 3 or more disks, RAID6 on 4 or more) and make LVM on that other part. If already installed with LVM, I would do this: Clean one disk of data, pref. the one not booting from. Make a BOOT mirror RAID (where the second disk is none) and a mirror RAID (since only two disks) of the rest. I would then make the second RAID a physical disk and add to the vg. After that transfer all data from the old disk in vg and then remove from the vg. After that make and add the first disk to RAID. Finished!
– Anders
Mar 25 '14 at 2:20
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
First, I would put all space, except /boot, in a LVM2 volume. That's because it makes it so much easier to adjust partition size later, even on live systems and modern file systems.
Then I would make root small about 1GB, /usr about 6GB, /var about 2GB, /boot about 512 MB, swap same size as RAM, /var/log, /home and /srv large enough. It can be adjusted later.
I would not used all unallocated space now, as that could later be used to expand the other partitions, as I'm using LVM2. I could even add new paritions like /tmp, but that is a bit more complicated. I never use anything but LVM2 anymore. With that, I can even move the installation to RAID disks in less than 30 minutes, including creating and copy files and all.
For more information about LVM2, read this: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/410
Yes, about encryptions, please have a look at Luks support:
- http://www.hermann-uwe.de/taxonomy/term/95
- http://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/71
- (Package cryptsetup) file:/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/README.remote.gz
answered Jun 6 '12 at 13:22
Anders
1,353612
1
Shouldn't SWAP be a bit bigger than RAM?(Then again, I'm a hypocrite, as I use 256MB swap on 4GB RAM)
– hexafraction
Jun 6 '12 at 20:18
1
Swap shoul be as large as you need it to be, not larger. :) How large that is depends on what you run in your machine and how much RAM you got. There are recommendations about RAM to 2*RAM. But there are people that run perfectly well without any swap to. But I wouldn't recommend that unless you know what you do. And then you wouldn't ask here, would you? :)
– Anders
Jun 6 '12 at 20:37
1
Yes, if you want to hibernate your system, you'll need swap to be a bit larger than your RAM.
– gerlos
Mar 4 '14 at 9:25
@Anders I found this while searching for clues on LVM setup. Do you mean I don't need to set up RAID from scratch when I use LVM? How about this set up: I got server with 2 hard drives, the system is installed on /dev/sda, /dev/sdb is unused. LVM is not in use, AFAICT. Can I migrate to using LVM and RAID 1? Or should I reinstall from scratch? But then again, can I? (the machine is a server hosted by Leaseweb, I can reinstall different OS'es from their control panel, and even choose non-default options like partition layout, but I'm not sure how (if at all) can I instruct it to use LVM/RAID)
– Nickolai Leschov
Mar 24 '14 at 13:40
@Nickolai, Preferably, set up RAID with BOOT on mirror RAID on all and then rest as you like (RAID5 if 3 or more disks, RAID6 on 4 or more) and make LVM on that other part. If already installed with LVM, I would do this: Clean one disk of data, pref. the one not booting from. Make a BOOT mirror RAID (where the second disk is none) and a mirror RAID (since only two disks) of the rest. I would then make the second RAID a physical disk and add to the vg. After that transfer all data from the old disk in vg and then remove from the vg. After that make and add the first disk to RAID. Finished!
– Anders
Mar 25 '14 at 2:20
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
First, I would put all space, except /boot, in a LVM2 volume. That's because it makes it so much easier to adjust partition size later, even on live systems and modern file systems.
Then I would make root small about 1GB, /usr about 6GB, /var about 2GB, /boot about 512 MB, swap same size as RAM, /var/log, /home and /srv large enough. It can be adjusted later.
I would not used all unallocated space now, as that could later be used to expand the other partitions, as I'm using LVM2. I could even add new paritions like /tmp, but that is a bit more complicated. I never use anything but LVM2 anymore. With that, I can even move the installation to RAID disks in less than 30 minutes, including creating and copy files and all.
For more information about LVM2, read this: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/410
Yes, about encryptions, please have a look at Luks support:
- http://www.hermann-uwe.de/taxonomy/term/95
- http://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/71
- (Package cryptsetup) file:/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/README.remote.gz
answered Jun 6 '12 at 13:22
Anders
1,353612
First, I would put all space, except /boot, in a LVM2 volume. That's because it makes it so much easier to adjust partition size later, even on live systems and modern file systems.
Then I would make root small about 1GB, /usr about 6GB, /var about 2GB, /boot about 512 MB, swap same size as RAM, /var/log, /home and /srv large enough. It can be adjusted later.
I would not used all unallocated space now, as that could later be used to expand the other partitions, as I'm using LVM2. I could even add new paritions like /tmp, but that is a bit more complicated. I never use anything but LVM2 anymore. With that, I can even move the installation to RAID disks in less than 30 minutes, including creating and copy files and all.
For more information about LVM2, read this: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/410
Yes, about encryptions, please have a look at Luks support:
- http://www.hermann-uwe.de/taxonomy/term/95
- http://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/71
- (Package cryptsetup) file:/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/README.remote.gz
answered Jun 6 '12 at 13:22
Anders
1,353612
edited Apr 11 at 23:39
answered Jun 6 '12 at 13:22
Anders
1,353612
answered Jun 6 '12 at 13:22
Anders
1,353612
answered Jun 6 '12 at 13:22
Anders
1,353612
1,353612
1
Shouldn't SWAP be a bit bigger than RAM?(Then again, I'm a hypocrite, as I use 256MB swap on 4GB RAM)
– hexafraction
Jun 6 '12 at 20:18
1
Swap shoul be as large as you need it to be, not larger. :) How large that is depends on what you run in your machine and how much RAM you got. There are recommendations about RAM to 2*RAM. But there are people that run perfectly well without any swap to. But I wouldn't recommend that unless you know what you do. And then you wouldn't ask here, would you? :)
– Anders
Jun 6 '12 at 20:37
1
Yes, if you want to hibernate your system, you'll need swap to be a bit larger than your RAM.
– gerlos
Mar 4 '14 at 9:25
@Anders I found this while searching for clues on LVM setup. Do you mean I don't need to set up RAID from scratch when I use LVM? How about this set up: I got server with 2 hard drives, the system is installed on /dev/sda, /dev/sdb is unused. LVM is not in use, AFAICT. Can I migrate to using LVM and RAID 1? Or should I reinstall from scratch? But then again, can I? (the machine is a server hosted by Leaseweb, I can reinstall different OS'es from their control panel, and even choose non-default options like partition layout, but I'm not sure how (if at all) can I instruct it to use LVM/RAID)
– Nickolai Leschov
Mar 24 '14 at 13:40
@Nickolai, Preferably, set up RAID with BOOT on mirror RAID on all and then rest as you like (RAID5 if 3 or more disks, RAID6 on 4 or more) and make LVM on that other part. If already installed with LVM, I would do this: Clean one disk of data, pref. the one not booting from. Make a BOOT mirror RAID (where the second disk is none) and a mirror RAID (since only two disks) of the rest. I would then make the second RAID a physical disk and add to the vg. After that transfer all data from the old disk in vg and then remove from the vg. After that make and add the first disk to RAID. Finished!
– Anders
Mar 25 '14 at 2:20
|
show 1 more comment
1
Shouldn't SWAP be a bit bigger than RAM?(Then again, I'm a hypocrite, as I use 256MB swap on 4GB RAM)
– hexafraction
Jun 6 '12 at 20:18
1
Swap shoul be as large as you need it to be, not larger. :) How large that is depends on what you run in your machine and how much RAM you got. There are recommendations about RAM to 2*RAM. But there are people that run perfectly well without any swap to. But I wouldn't recommend that unless you know what you do. And then you wouldn't ask here, would you? :)
– Anders
Jun 6 '12 at 20:37
1
Yes, if you want to hibernate your system, you'll need swap to be a bit larger than your RAM.
– gerlos
Mar 4 '14 at 9:25
@Anders I found this while searching for clues on LVM setup. Do you mean I don't need to set up RAID from scratch when I use LVM? How about this set up: I got server with 2 hard drives, the system is installed on /dev/sda, /dev/sdb is unused. LVM is not in use, AFAICT. Can I migrate to using LVM and RAID 1? Or should I reinstall from scratch? But then again, can I? (the machine is a server hosted by Leaseweb, I can reinstall different OS'es from their control panel, and even choose non-default options like partition layout, but I'm not sure how (if at all) can I instruct it to use LVM/RAID)
– Nickolai Leschov
Mar 24 '14 at 13:40
@Nickolai, Preferably, set up RAID with BOOT on mirror RAID on all and then rest as you like (RAID5 if 3 or more disks, RAID6 on 4 or more) and make LVM on that other part. If already installed with LVM, I would do this: Clean one disk of data, pref. the one not booting from. Make a BOOT mirror RAID (where the second disk is none) and a mirror RAID (since only two disks) of the rest. I would then make the second RAID a physical disk and add to the vg. After that transfer all data from the old disk in vg and then remove from the vg. After that make and add the first disk to RAID. Finished!
– Anders
Mar 25 '14 at 2:20
1
1
Shouldn't SWAP be a bit bigger than RAM?(Then again, I'm a hypocrite, as I use 256MB swap on 4GB RAM)
– hexafraction
Jun 6 '12 at 20:18
Shouldn't SWAP be a bit bigger than RAM?(Then again, I'm a hypocrite, as I use 256MB swap on 4GB RAM)
– hexafraction
Jun 6 '12 at 20:18
1
1
Swap shoul be as large as you need it to be, not larger. :) How large that is depends on what you run in your machine and how much RAM you got. There are recommendations about RAM to 2*RAM. But there are people that run perfectly well without any swap to. But I wouldn't recommend that unless you know what you do. And then you wouldn't ask here, would you? :)
– Anders
Jun 6 '12 at 20:37
Swap shoul be as large as you need it to be, not larger. :) How large that is depends on what you run in your machine and how much RAM you got. There are recommendations about RAM to 2*RAM. But there are people that run perfectly well without any swap to. But I wouldn't recommend that unless you know what you do. And then you wouldn't ask here, would you? :)
– Anders
Jun 6 '12 at 20:37
1
1
Yes, if you want to hibernate your system, you'll need swap to be a bit larger than your RAM.
– gerlos
Mar 4 '14 at 9:25
Yes, if you want to hibernate your system, you'll need swap to be a bit larger than your RAM.
– gerlos
Mar 4 '14 at 9:25
@Anders I found this while searching for clues on LVM setup. Do you mean I don't need to set up RAID from scratch when I use LVM? How about this set up: I got server with 2 hard drives, the system is installed on /dev/sda, /dev/sdb is unused. LVM is not in use, AFAICT. Can I migrate to using LVM and RAID 1? Or should I reinstall from scratch? But then again, can I? (the machine is a server hosted by Leaseweb, I can reinstall different OS'es from their control panel, and even choose non-default options like partition layout, but I'm not sure how (if at all) can I instruct it to use LVM/RAID)
– Nickolai Leschov
Mar 24 '14 at 13:40
@Anders I found this while searching for clues on LVM setup. Do you mean I don't need to set up RAID from scratch when I use LVM? How about this set up: I got server with 2 hard drives, the system is installed on /dev/sda, /dev/sdb is unused. LVM is not in use, AFAICT. Can I migrate to using LVM and RAID 1? Or should I reinstall from scratch? But then again, can I? (the machine is a server hosted by Leaseweb, I can reinstall different OS'es from their control panel, and even choose non-default options like partition layout, but I'm not sure how (if at all) can I instruct it to use LVM/RAID)
– Nickolai Leschov
Mar 24 '14 at 13:40
@Nickolai, Preferably, set up RAID with BOOT on mirror RAID on all and then rest as you like (RAID5 if 3 or more disks, RAID6 on 4 or more) and make LVM on that other part. If already installed with LVM, I would do this: Clean one disk of data, pref. the one not booting from. Make a BOOT mirror RAID (where the second disk is none) and a mirror RAID (since only two disks) of the rest. I would then make the second RAID a physical disk and add to the vg. After that transfer all data from the old disk in vg and then remove from the vg. After that make and add the first disk to RAID. Finished!
– Anders
Mar 25 '14 at 2:20
@Nickolai, Preferably, set up RAID with BOOT on mirror RAID on all and then rest as you like (RAID5 if 3 or more disks, RAID6 on 4 or more) and make LVM on that other part. If already installed with LVM, I would do this: Clean one disk of data, pref. the one not booting from. Make a BOOT mirror RAID (where the second disk is none) and a mirror RAID (since only two disks) of the rest. I would then make the second RAID a physical disk and add to the vg. After that transfer all data from the old disk in vg and then remove from the vg. After that make and add the first disk to RAID. Finished!
– Anders
Mar 25 '14 at 2:20
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
2
down vote
There is no correct or wrong answer,personally i would make a 12GB partition for my Ubuntu installation containing:
-> 6GB for root
-> 2GB for swap
-> 4GB for home
answered Jun 5 '12 at 14:30
dlin
2,18721530
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
There is no correct or wrong answer,personally i would make a 12GB partition for my Ubuntu installation containing:
-> 6GB for root
-> 2GB for swap
-> 4GB for home
answered Jun 5 '12 at 14:30
dlin
2,18721530
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
There is no correct or wrong answer,personally i would make a 12GB partition for my Ubuntu installation containing:
-> 6GB for root
-> 2GB for swap
-> 4GB for home
answered Jun 5 '12 at 14:30
dlin
2,18721530
There is no correct or wrong answer,personally i would make a 12GB partition for my Ubuntu installation containing:
-> 6GB for root
-> 2GB for swap
-> 4GB for home
answered Jun 5 '12 at 14:30
dlin
2,18721530
answered Jun 5 '12 at 14:30
dlin
2,18721530
answered Jun 5 '12 at 14:30
dlin
2,18721530
answered Jun 5 '12 at 14:30
dlin
2,18721530
2,18721530
add a comment |
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.
Please pay close attention to the following guidance:
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f146838%2fhow-large-should-i-make-root-home-usr-var-and-tmp-partitions%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
1
Was any of the answers useful for you? If so, please mark one as an answer.
– Anders
Sep 8 '13 at 1:12