[PLUG] Re: sdb died; disk repair prompt and shell

[Tom Diehl <tdiehl@rogueind.com>]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, kaze wrote:

> --> Do you really need a separate /var/spool partition??
> 
> I think so, am following this Spam Assassin howto,
> http://www.geocities.com/scottlhenderson/spamfilter.html, and it says, in
> part, "-make a partition to mount at /var/spool, type ext3. If you want, you
> can select the option to allow this partition to use all the remaining space
> on the disk. This partition will be the temporary holding space for emails
> coming through, and those waiting in queue for delivery. It should be at
> least a couple of GB, unless you have a very small operation. Remember, it
> must be at least larger than any single email you intend to allow in the
> door!..."

I tend to just make a separate partition for /var. For sure I do not want mail,
logs, etc filling up my / partition. The only way I would personally find it
necessary to have a separate /var and a separate /var/spool would be for a
really large mail server. IMO there are too many things that constantly write
to /var to allow it to be on the same partition as /. I am currently running
postfix + spamassassin + amavis-new in this configuration. The machines are 
not high performance mail servers by any means. They only process 3000-4000
messages a day and the queue does not get real big.

Of course someone else might have a different opinion about this.

..........Tom
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