On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 14:14, Jim Wildman wrote:
> Lots of geeks, lots of paradigms...
Definitely. :)
> Similarly /, /boot, will get their own, and maybe /usr/local. /home
> and /opt definitely separate. The idea is create 'firebreaks' so that
> when something bad happens, the damage is limited.
This is true, but as inexpensive as most disks are today, RAID provides
all the "firebreaks" you need. For home, one can purchase a decent
motherboardŽ with a built-in IDE RAID (1 or 0) controller for less than
$125. For the 99.999999% uptime requirements in many businesses, a
combination of RAID and HA clustering fits the bill.
> The backup issue has been a mute point for years, every since tar (and
> its cousins, derivatives and replacements) learned to traverse file systems.
Agreed, but it helps explain why a lot of "old skool" Sys Admins
strictly adhere to partitioning with a specific layout.
-- Matt Miller Systems Administrator MP TotalCare gpg public key id: 08BC7B06
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