31 Aug
2010
31 Aug
'10
10:38 a.m.
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:35 PM, admin lewis adminlewis@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, I have to install a production server with postgresql.. with few hundreds of MB (2-300) would u advice me to partitioning the disk ? The server will be under vmware environment with SAN as storage.
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Lewis
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Always partition the disk, it makes life so much easier.
I prefer to partion as follows: / = 10 - 20GB /home = 10 GB, unless your application will use this /swap = 4GB /var = 10GB - gives you enough space for plenty log files
Use LVM, which allows you to shrink & grow partitions on the fly.
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