[723] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: sizing vice partitions?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Edward Lovinger)
Wed Apr 15 19:18:28 1992
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 18:12:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Daniel Edward Lovinger <dl2n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: Info-AFS@transarc.com
In-Reply-To: <9204152051.AA02540@oaunx1.CTD.ORNL.GOV>
Jamey Maze <jnm@ornl.gov> writes:
> -Is there an optimal size for a vice partition?
Not that I am aware of ...
> -Does it make sense to make your vice partitions as large as possible (i.e.,
> one vice partition per disk) or is there some reason to make them smaller?
As large as possible ... the only uses I can conjure up for a
set of smaller (i.e. smaller than /dev/sd*c) are
* to split swap space around disks (dubious utility)
* to keep a spare root partition for staged backup purposes
* to put a pile of 0 quota (infinite quota) volumes down. this
would be a hacked way of "implementing" volume group
quotas - the size of the partition determines.
> -Is there any reason not to make large AFS volumes?
Absolutely. Consider that volumes make the following doable:
* transparent server disk usage balancing
* fine grain usage limits
* fine grain backup
The closer you get to allowing your volumes to approach the
size of a partition, the farther you get from being able to
effectively make use of volumes as being distinct from the partition.
lim AFS = NFS
volume -> partition
and all that.
dan
