Re: Partitioning production server

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On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:35 PM, admin lewis <adminlewis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I have to install a production server with postgresql.. with few hundreds of MB (2-300)
would u advice me to partitioning the disk ?
The server will be under vmware environment with SAN as storage.


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Always partition the disk, it makes life so much easier.

 
I prefer to partion as follows:
/ = 10 - 20GB
/home = 10 GB, unless your application will use this
/swap = 4GB
/var = 10GB - gives you enough space for plenty log files
 
 
Use LVM, which allows you to shrink & grow partitions on the fly.


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