Joey Prestia wrote: > Erling Ringen Elvsrud wrote: >> Hello list, > >> It is often hard to know how much space is needed for >> different mount points. Increasing the size of a filesystem is commonly >> described as a safer operation than reducing the size. Do you think >> saving space (not absolutely needed) for later is a good idea / common practice? > > It is a very good practice to use LVM partitions for any that you > believe may need to grow later down the road. And we never partition the > whole disk. You may never need it. But if you do need that space later > it is invaluable to not have to shut down a machine and add a drive. I > have found It to be very handy to have the foresight to do this and used > it many times to be advantageous. Yup. As I said in my article "Upgrading Linux" in the July '07 SysAdmin (now ceased publication, dammit), I recommend LVM for /usr, /home, and *very* much for /opt (since so much software these days wants to be there). I would *never* use LVM for /boot or / Size: 100M or so for /boot; 4G-8G for /, 20G for /usr, 4G for /var, ditto for /tmp, and lots and lots for /opt and /home. mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
