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On Friday 12 June 2009 18:05:29 Dale wrote: |
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> Alan's point is, there is no way for us to know that. Example, I |
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> sometimes use http-replicator on my machine which is placed in /var. |
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> Therefore, that alone could need 2 to 3GBs. If you use ccache, then add |
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> some more. Also, doesn't portage use /vat to compile? If so, then that |
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> is some more space that would be needed. Does the person use OOo from |
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> source or binary? Is this a web server of some sort? Is it going to |
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> be used for a DVR type system? |
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There's a few guidlelines one can give (but only a few). The variables tend to |
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be large than the amounts with guidelines though. |
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/var/tmp/portage should be at least 1G on a modern system, 6G+ if building |
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mozilla stuff and OOo is something you intend to do. |
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portage cache is about 200M |
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ccache needs as much space as it was given in make.conf |
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/var/mail or /var/spool/mail is completely dependant on number of user and how |
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much mail they get. Often none for a desktop and huge amounts for a mail |
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store. |
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mysql and postgres need as much as the amount of data intended to be stored. |
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log space is very big or not too much depending on what you do. |
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So. The partition holding /var needs at least 1.5G on a modern gentoo system, |
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probably more, sometimes LOTS more. Only the admin knows how much more and |
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there is no silver bullet answer no matter how much users ask for one. |
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Explaining why there is no simple bullet answer is pointless as google already |
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knows where everyone else already answered that. |
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Years of bitter hard experience ramming my head against n00b user expectations |
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has taught me never to hint at an answer - anything I say gets taken as gospel |
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truth and a bunch of folk are now going to read this and interpret it as |
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saying "Alan says /var must be 1.5G....". How much swap space? is another such |
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question. |
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Perhaps a better first answer than "Only you know that" is "Only you know that |
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and you need to know how to calculate it. You find that out by reading the |
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fine manual." |
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We're in Unix land here. As such, my answers thus far are totally appropriate. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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