[plug] kernels and Debain versions

[Craig Ringer]

On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 16:09, Bernd Felsche wrote:

> Several reasons why *I* do it:
> 	1. security
> 	2. performance
> 	3. updates 
> 	4. shared partitions for multi-boot
> 	5. backups ... well that's part of security :-)

I tend to agree. I'm in the habit of splitting off LVs for many things -
mail spools, backup snapshots from other servers, print spools, local
app installs, mirror directories, temporary workspaces, sometimes even a
user's home directory that needs special treatment. If I had to do it
with static partitioning, I think about 10 partitions would be close to
the minimum.

I wish it wasn't as badly needed as it is, but with UNIX apps so utterly
and retardedly unable to handle low disk space problems, you just can't
afford to let a partition fill up - ever. I had a mac generate a runaway
print job today (it just kept on spooling ... and spooling ...) that
filled up /var on my print server, causing ISC DHCPd (also running on
that machine) to crash silently the next time it tried to rotate its
lease file.

If it was easier to run _every_ service under its own user identity,
with separate quotas, it might not be as bad. So far, I've found it
easier to just use LVs or partitions.

Craig Ringer