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2016-09-01 10:30 GMT+03:00 Matthias Hanft <mh@×××××.de>: |
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> gevisz wrote: |
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>> But what are disadvantages of not partitioning a big |
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>> hard drive into smaller logical ones? |
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> If your filesystem becomes corrupt (and you are unable to |
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> repair it), *all* of your data is lost (instead of just |
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> one partition). That's the only disadvantage I can think |
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> of. |
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That is exactly what I am afraid of! |
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So, the 20-years old rule of thumb is still valid. :( |
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> I don't like partitions either (after some years, I |
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> always found that sizes don't match my requirements any |
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> more), |
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And this is exactly the reason why I do not want to partition |
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my new hard drive! :) |
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> and therefore, on my new server, I didn't create |
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> any other partitions than "boot": |
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> home01 ~ # df -h -T |
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> Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on |
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> /dev/sda4 xfs 17T 14T 2.9T 83% / |
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> devtmpfs devtmpfs 10M 0 10M 0% /dev |
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> tmpfs tmpfs 3.2G 644K 3.2G 1% /run |
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> shm tmpfs 16G 512K 16G 1% /dev/shm |
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> /dev/sda2 ext2 124M 46M 72M 39% /boot |
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> ACDFuse fuse.ACDFuse 100T 284M 100T 1% /mnt/acd |
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> /dev/sdb1 ext3 2.7T 707G 1.9T 28% /mnt/toshiba |
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> home01 ~ # |
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> Backup of important and/or secret files goes to an external |
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> USB hard drive (sdb1) which is formatted with ext3 for |
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> maximum compatibility (every other Linux can read this |
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> without kernel hacks); backup of not-so-secret files goes |
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> to Amazon Cloud Drive (acd) or some other "cloud"; unimportant |
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> files (videos which I have on DVD or BD anyway, or can re-buy) |
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> just aren't backed up. |
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> -Matt |
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