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On Friday 25 November 2011, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 20:53, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote: |
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> > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is |
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> > highly-partitioned, like this: |
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> > |
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> > / |
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> > /boot |
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> > /usr |
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> > /tmp |
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> > /usr/portage ==> via NFS |
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> > /var |
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> > /var/lib/postgresql |
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> > /var/tmp |
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> > /var/log |
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> > /var/spool |
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> > |
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> > (Not all of them will reside on the same physical disk; I have |
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> > /dev/sda up to /dev/sdd) |
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> > I've been searching high and low for recommended numbers... and |
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> > there are as many number as search-hits. |
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> > |
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> > So. Care to share your partitioning strategy? |
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> > (And while we're at it, am I overdoing the partitioning?) |
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> I also wonder if /var/tmp can be shared between boxen (via NFS), |
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> assuming I ensure that no two boxen perform emerge at the same |
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> time... |
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> |
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> Rgds, |
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If you want to mount /var/tmp/portage over NFS you can set in |
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/etc/make.conf for every machine: |
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PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp/<hostname> |
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So you won't have to worry about concurrent emerge across different |
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machines. |
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Disclaimer: this is an untested idea. |
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HTH |
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Francesco |
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Linux Version 3.1.1-gentoo, Compiled #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 14 07:03:50 |
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CET 2011 |
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Two 1GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processors, 4GB RAM, 4021.84 Bogomips Total |
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aemaeth |
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