Re: email server partition scheme

> > > as possible.  Is there a good reason for a ton of different partitions?
> > Just - can't - resist...
> Please no one resist.  I've always read about people splitting
> everything up, but I don't know all the reasons why...
>
>
> > One of the main things that can take down a mail server is log file
> > growth.  You should consider at a minimum put them into a seperate
> > partition so that they can fill the partition without crashing the machine.
> That's a good reason.  Any others?
A single irate / miss configured program can chew up all
your inodes in a partition.