[geeks] Solaris resiliency to crashing w/full root partition?

[Michael Parson]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 04:11:15PM -0400, velociraptor wrote:
> I'm dealing with the annual IG audit here...
> 
> We have been dinged on / containing /var.
> 
> Given that / is 10GB it seems kind of specious (and
> no mail, web logs elsewhere, &c), but I need some
> "expert" spin to augment my argument.

I don't think I've ever seen a modern Unix crash from a full /, unless
/tmp or was on /.

I keep /var (and others ) on its own just so / stays more static, less
likely to get corrupted on a power-outtage or other bad reboot.

> Anyone have any references to Solaris's resiliency to
> crashing due to a full root partitions?  Googling is not
> being all that helpful. Even Sun marketing foo would
> be a start.

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Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org