[wplug] Re: MD on atop of LVM (or LVM2's native RAID), instead of LVM on top of MD -- WAS: Install Question

[Drew from Zhrodague]

> A common constant issue is the "single / partition" because of, again,
> "ease of use."  "Oh, I don't want my individual filesystems to fill up."
>
> Considering there are always "run away" /var logs, users (assuming
> you're not using quota, etc...), you're often going to "fill up" one way
> or another.  Then there are the corruption issues (/var is a common
> problem, /tmp somewhat as well), fragmentation (again, /var and /tmp are
> culprits -- /usr should _never_ as its static), etc...
>
> Experience teaches segmentation.

 	I have just the opposite experience, which has me choose to use 
one big / partition. Disks are cheap, and if you're using a journaling FS 
atop a RAID, there is little chance of corruption -- at least that I've 
seen. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a corrupted UNIX filesystem 
yet.

 	I just get annoyed when a 2G /var patition is full, and I have to 
put symlinks all over. A big / partition means that is almost *never* an 
issue, especially if you have to install wacky software, or have 5 copies 
of some package.

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