On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Peter Van Lone
Just wondering what others do or would recommend as a standard, when creating a SLES install on VMWare.
I need to create a "pure" SLES (ie no OES stuff) install for a web server w/php and unixodbc and mysql
I figured 15GB would be fine for the disk. However, with that small disk size, does it make sense to have seperate /, /root, /boot, /swap, /var and /home partitions?
The installer suggests only a 1.4GB swap and the remaining as /
Opinions?
I would put mysql on a separate physical machine, as io operations on a virtual disks are slow. But if you decide that the speed is not an issue, use separate partitions for: /var - so filling up the logs or var/cache does not prevent the machine from booting /var/lib/mysql (or wherever you decide to have the database) usually, if you have 1-2G of RAM dedicated to the server, you do not need swap at all, but if you need it, create it everything else can be in one partition - usually 6G are more than enough for this. Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org