Webhosts: please stop with the default 3 GB /var partitions - GoFuckYourself.com

signupdamnit · 01-30-2013, 04:48 PM

A 3 GB /var partition with a 1 TB or 500 GB drive makes little sense for most people running modern sites. It will fill up in a heartbeat. 10 GB minimum is sane and at least 15 or 20 GB is far better. I know you can relocate things or request a different partition scheme at setup but it makes no sense for you to make this 2 or 3 GB /var partition crap the default in the first place.

HomerSimpson · 01-30-2013, 06:13 PM

yep... just had a thumb server on nginx with logging accidentally left on... overnight it got the partition full..

AndrewX · 01-31-2013, 01:20 AM

It's a default install, lazy admins do that. Usually hosts with managed support are aware of this and will load their own template with their own partitioning and not the default one. Symlinking your logs directory will usually do the trick if you forget to mention custom partitioning during initial setup.

sandman! · 01-31-2013, 01:33 AM

depends on what os your using there is no more /var in freebsd since 9.0

Supz · 01-31-2013, 01:35 AM

http://content.hccfl.edu/pollock/aun...rtitioning.htm

This is a good link to show how partitioning works and some samples of partition sizes based on use of server / log size and disk size. As a customer, you will always get some standardized sized var partition unless you ask for different.

My first job in technology was back in the late 90s in the dedicated/colocation department as a unix admin for a large host for a number of years. a big part of the job was doing dedicated/managed server installs on Unix machines. They basically gave me a script to follow and had there own procedures. You would have had to ask to get different, usually paid extra for it. But people did it...

01-30-2013, 04:48 PM	#1
signupdamnit Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,697	Webhosts: please stop with the default 3 GB /var partitions A 3 GB /var partition with a 1 TB or 500 GB drive makes little sense for most people running modern sites. It will fill up in a heartbeat. 10 GB minimum is sane and at least 15 or 20 GB is far better. I know you can relocate things or request a different partition scheme at setup but it makes no sense for you to make this 2 or 3 GB /var partition crap the default in the first place. __________________ You don't like my posts? Put me on ignore or fuck right off. I'll say what I want.

01-30-2013, 06:13 PM	#2
HomerSimpson Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Springfield Posts: 13,826	yep... just had a thumb server on nginx with logging accidentally left on... overnight it got the partition full.. __________________ Make a bank with Chaturbate - the best selling webcam program Ads that can't be block with AdBlockers !!! /// Best paying popup program (Bitcoin payouts) !!! PHP, MySql, Smarty, CodeIgniter, Laravel, WordPress, NATS... fixing stuff, server migrations & optimizations... My ICQ: 27429884 \| Email:

01-31-2013, 01:20 AM	#3
AndrewX Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 574	It's a default install, lazy admins do that. Usually hosts with managed support are aware of this and will load their own template with their own partitioning and not the default one. Symlinking your logs directory will usually do the trick if you forget to mention custom partitioning during initial setup. __________________ █ ► XenLayer - Paravirtualization Professionals since 2008 - [ICQ: 297820698] █ ► Reseller Hosting \| OpenVZ VPS \| XEN VPS \| Dedicated Servers

01-31-2013, 01:33 AM	#4
sandman! Icq: 14420613 Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: chicago Posts: 15,432	depends on what os your using there is no more /var in freebsd since 9.0 __________________ Need WebHosting ? Email me for some great deals [email protected]

01-31-2013, 01:35 AM	#5
Supz Arthur Flegenheimer Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 11,056	http://content.hccfl.edu/pollock/aun...rtitioning.htm This is a good link to show how partitioning works and some samples of partition sizes based on use of server / log size and disk size. As a customer, you will always get some standardized sized var partition unless you ask for different. My first job in technology was back in the late 90s in the dedicated/colocation department as a unix admin for a large host for a number of years. a big part of the job was doing dedicated/managed server installs on Unix machines. They basically gave me a script to follow and had there own procedures. You would have had to ask to get different, usually paid extra for it. But people did it...