[Sunhelp] Advantages of separate partitions

[Simon Marko (IMS)]

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Can anyone tell me what advantages there are to having /usr /var
/export/home on separate partitions?
I can only think of one compelling reason, to protect the root partition
from filling up with uncontrolled log files or users' data.
Other issues such as ease of backup/restore and moving filesystems to other
disks if necessary are overcome really by the tools that come with Solaris,
such as ufsdump.

I'm willing to hear any debate on the utility of the "OBR" (One Big Root)
Filesystem.
Regards

Simon Marko
Telstra Internetworking Solutions

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