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.

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

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.

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

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...