BackupPC on the backup server
I got a backup server that I want to set up with the following specs:
HP Proliant DL380G5 - 1TB (RAID5) This server is going to run as a backup server. That is I will install BackupPC and run full and incremental backups of our fileserver (same HP Proliant RAID5), our firewall (also HP Proliant, but only 2x 146GB RAID disks in there) and our mailserver (same situation like firewall). The main thing here is the fileserver. Here's how it's been partitioned. Notice the space allocation for the boot partition. Our systems guy must have been high on something. /boot 3.7GB / 9.3GB swap 502MB /srv 918GB /usr 19GB I would like some advice on how to partition the backup server. Is LVM a good idea? Quote:
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LVM is always a really good idea.
/boot = 100MB or so, never really need more than that. / = 1024MB is usually sufficient. /usr = 4GB - 8GB is usually sufficient. /var = 2GB - 4GB is usually sufficient. /tmp = 2GB - 4GB is usually sufficient. swap = matching the amount of RAM in system is usually sufficient. /srv = If that's where you're storing backups, use remaining space or change it like /backup or /data, etc. The nice thing about LVM is it allows you to grow and shrink each on the fly when necessary. Since this is a backup server, I wouldn't even worry about setting aside /home on it's own partition, unless users are going to be using it, then set aside if that's the case. |
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Nah, I'd create a /var/lib/backuppc and leave /var with it's own partition, that way if your backups fill up all the space, it won't affect anything in var like logs and pid files, etc.
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Thanks, that helped. :-)
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