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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] Partition for Solaris
Sorry but it is just not that easy. If you have the partition at the end of the list and you have left disk space, then it is simple but if you have other partitions to deal with, those have to be blasted and restored also. I have only been so fortunate once in 12 years of doing this stuff. Not only that but think about why would you have to increase it? Usually because you screwed up the allocation of disk space in the first place (VERY easy to do) and have to steal some back from /usr or some other partition. If all of them are in the same partition, all the disk space gets used as it is needed and you don't have to worry about trying to guess how much you will need. With the big disks we have now, just double the amount the operating system claims to need and you're ready to go. As for restoring file systems, putting them in their own partitions doesn't change that. In all my years of doing this, I have never lost a single partition by itself (except for the scenario of changing sizes) but have lost lots of disk drives. If I have to restore the whole disk, having everything in one partition actually makes that easier and the amount of data is the same. Like I said, I used to be one of those who insisted everything be separate but trying it once changed my mind quick. Jim Edwards -----Original Message----- From: Chris F [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 1:29 PM To: Doug Schmidt; 'James Edwards'; 'Brian Tan Wee Beng'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [FW1] Partition for Solaris Another think to think about is restoring and/or growing filesystems. Let's say you wish to increase your /opt partition (like I did). I have that on a seperate partition. I increased it, and ufsdumped just that /opt backup from tape. Quick and easy! Just a though! -- Chris --- Doug Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > With the second option. What happens when you get > hit with say a DoS Attack, > and the FW is logging, logging away. Until it just > crashes, because *all* > available > disk space is used. > > In my opinion, this is just trouble waiting to > happen. You would be better > off > keeping separate partitions. > > ~Doug > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Edwards > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 9:26 AM > To: 'Brian Tan Wee Beng'; > [email protected] > Subject: RE: [FW1] Partition for Solaris > > > > This is almost a religious debate. Some people say > you should partition all > the separate OS file systems (/ /opt /var /usr > /export/home swap) into their > own partitions and some say just make it one big > chunk with the only thing > separate being swap. I used to be one of the former > persuasion until I > tried the latter and I am convinced that is the way > to go, especially on > something like a firewall where you don't have users > logging in to the > operating system. With the days of having to > shoehorn a 1 GB operating > system into a 1 GB disk behind us, I take the normal > 18 GB disk drive and > use 4 GB for the root partition (full install of > Solaris 8 needs about 2.3 > GB) , double my memory (or use a minimum of 2 GB) > for the swap partition and > make the rest for logs. You can do symbolic link to > anywhere you like for > the log directory. I would also set up a periodic > log switch, move your old > logs somewhere else and compress them. > > This works very well for me. > > Jim Edwards > Systems Manager > Texas Secretary of State > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Tan Wee Beng [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 6:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FW1] Partition for Solaris > > > > Hi, > I'm installing CP on a Solaris machine for the > first time.Can someone > supply me with info on how to partition the > harddisk,for example size per > partition???My customer requirement is to store the > logs for a year but i'm > not too sure where exactly are the logs store.Is it > in the /opt parition or > /var partition??Is there any standard > practice??Thanks. > > Cheers > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own > public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > ============================================================================ > ==== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please > see the instructions at > > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ============================================================================ > ==== > > > ============================================================================ > ==== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please > see the instructions at > > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ============================================================================ > ==== > > > ============================================================================ ==== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please > see the instructions at > > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ============================================================================ ==== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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