HOWTO: Multi Disk System Tuning

• Index
• Introduction
• Structure
• Drive Technologies
• File System Structure
• File Systems
• Technologies
• Other Operating Systems
• Clusters
• Mount Points
• Considerations and Dimensioning
• Disk Layout
• Implementation
• Maintenance
• Advanced Issues
• Troubleshooting
• Further Information
• Getting Help
• Concluding Remarks
• Questions and Answers
• Bits and Pieces
• Appendix A: Partitioning Layout Table: Mounting and Linking
• Appendix B: Partitioning Layout Table: Numbering and Sizing
• Appendix C: Partitioning Layout Table: Partition Placement
• Appendix D: Example: Multipurpose Server
• Appendix E: Example: Mounting and Linking
• Appendix F: Example: Numbering and Sizing
• Appendix G: Example: Partition Placement
• Appendix H: Example II
• Appendix I: Example III: SPARC Solaris
• Appendix J: Example IV: Server with 4 Drives
• Appendix K: Example V: Dual Drive System
• Appendix L: Example VI: Single Drive System
• Appendix M: Disk System Documenter

31. Appendix K: Example V: Dual Drive System

A dual drive system offers less opportunity for clever schemes but the following should provide a simple starting point.

Partition       sda             sdb
                ----            ----
        1       boot            lib
        2       swap            news
        3       /tmp            swap
        4       /usr            /var/tmp
        5       /var            /home
        6       / (root)

If you use a dual OS system you have to keep in mind that many other systems must boot from the first partition on the first drive. A simple DOS / Linux system could look like this:

Partition       sda             sdb
                ----            ----
        1       DOS             lib
        2       boot            news
        3       swap            swap
        4       /tmp            /var/tmp
        5       /usr            /home
        6       /var            DOSTEMP
        7       / (root)

Also remember that DOS and Windows prefer there to be just a single primary partition which has to be the first one where it boots from. As Linux can happily exist in logical partitions this is not a big problem.