On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Simone Sestini wrote:

> I'm installing  a CODA farm for a mail project..
> Today i'm configuring the SCM Server and i did that kind of partition.
>
>     Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1             1        64    514048+  82  Linux swap
> /dev/sda2   *        65      1339  10241437+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda3          1340      8924  60926512+   5  Extended
> /dev/sda5          1340      1341     16033+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda6          1342      1382    329301   83  Linux
> /dev/sda7          1383      1510   1028128+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda8          1511      2530   8193118+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda9          2531      3550   8193118+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda10         3551      4570   8193118+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda11         4571      5590   8193118+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda12         5591      6610   8193118+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda13         6611      7630   8193118+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda14         7631      8650   8193118+  83  Linux
>
> /dev/sda5 is the RVM Log and /dev/sda6 is the RVM MetaData
>
>  From /dev/sda8 to /dev/sda14 are all Reiserfs3 that i mount /vicepa
> /vicepb etc..

Hello Simone,

as mailfiles tend to be rather small, your data space (/vicep*)
could not be used more than for a small part, as the metadata storage
(/dev/sda6) will be filled up a lot sooner.

You need to set up log/metadata per server process and you will need
multiple server processes. Swap space has to be able to contain all
metadata pieces together, too.

> Is correct use the same device for storage LOG , Metadata and /vice ? or
> this reduce the performance ?

You mean probably /vicep* not /vice?
Yes, it would be better to keep them separately from rvm, but it is
unclear for me how much you would win.

Best regards,
--
Ivan