I used to keep /var/spool/mail on a separate partition, so if necessary
I could swap the drive out to (or replace it from) another box and be up
and running quickly. This was before I started using imap, however.
The default settings place imap folders in /home/~ which makes swapping
drives a little more complicated. I've considered a few different
options, while trying not to increase the number of partitions by too
much, including putting home dirs in /var so that I can swap the /var
partition easily, but this has its drawbacks as well. I'd be interested
in what other people are doing as far as partitioning schemes for MTA +
IMAP servers.
Brendan
Ajay Sharma wrote:
> Jonathan wrote:
>
>>>as possible. Is there a good reason for a ton of different partitions?
>>>
>>
>>Just - can't - resist...
>
>
> Please no one resist. I've always read about people splitting
> everything up, but I don't know all the reasons why...
>
>
>>One of the main things that can take down a mail server is log file
>>growth. You should consider at a minimum put them into a seperate
>>partition so that they can fill the partition without crashing the machine.
>
>
> That's a good reason. Any others?
>
> --Ajay
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