On 5/16/19 4:12 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Jorick Astrego <jorick@netbulae.eu> writes:
>
>> Maybe split it in 2 disks? One OS and one APP/DATA? You can then backup
>> only one.
>> 
>> I prefer to do this anyway as I then can just redeploy the OS and attach
>> the second disk to get things back up and running.
> Are you suggesting that /etc and /var should go onto their own disks?
> There is lots of configuration in /etc (which is usually in the root
> disk) that needs to be backed up.
>
> Also, different apps store configuration and data in different places,
> so saying "just put it on a second disk" can be hard.
>
> Sure, it works fine for /home -- but mysql?  imapd?  ...
>
> -derek

/etc for us is mostly generated by deployment and provisioning, in
production at least so that is not a problem. All changes have to go
through puppet/ansible.

The /var I have been putting on a seperate disk for a long time. And a
lot of VM's have separate disks for /data or /home.

So this combination works for us but it depends on your layout and
whether you have any provisioning/config management tools an procedures
running.

Regards,

Jorick Astrego





Met vriendelijke groet, With kind regards,

Jorick Astrego

Netbulae Virtualization Experts

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