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I've installed RHEL5 a few times for testing (on non-raid servers). We are getting a new server with raid1 array for 2x 160gb drives for main system and 2x 500gb drives for the application data.
The application for this server needs a lot of space in /opt/, would that be configured during initial system setup or later (like with symbolic)?
I've installed RHEL5 a few times for testing (on non-raid servers). We are getting a new server with raid1 array for 2x 160gb drives for main system and 2x 500gb drives for the application data.
The application for this server needs a lot of space in /opt/, would that be configured during initial system setup or later (like with symbolic)?
thanks
You can do it either way, although I'd probably partition it during installation.
In the installation it will typically default to using LVM.
At the point where it talks about disk partitioning you can tell it to do standard layout. There is a check box that you can select which allows you to view/modify the setup before it is committed. Check that box and it will pull up the screen showing you the default layout.
Typically it defaults to having /boot on sda2 and VolGroup00 on sda1 with / (root) taking up all of VolGroup1. In that screen you can reduce / size in the LVM setup then create the partitions you need.
I usually create Logical Volumes (LVs) for:
/
/tmp
/home
/var
/usr
/opt
swap
/boot has to be on a physical partition which is why it defaults to /dev/sda2.
Doesn't really matter, if you know ahead of time what your application requirements are, just do it during install...it makes no difference either way, well, except if you do it later, you'll have to create and format the partition, then mount and update fstab manually.
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