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[atul]

Hello All,
I am planning to setup my own Linux mail server,on a separate machine(other than web server)(still i am't sure).So I am setting up a machine and installing Linux(RH8 or 9)on it with email server(qmailrocks etc).
Now should I go for Linxu 8?I am planning for follwoing partion scheme:
/boot:500 MB
swap :1024
/ :rest of all.
(total 80gb HD)
I am doubtfull about creating a whole new / partion as a single partion.Is this good?I am planning it for 50-100 users initially then may be it will expand..
Is this a good partioning scheme for a dedicated email server on RH8 or 9 platform?
Thanks

[CretaForce]

500MB for /boot is more than what you need.

I would do the follow for a mail server:

/dev/hda1 - swap - 1GB
/dev/hda2 - / - 4GB
/dev/hda3 - /tmp - 1GB
/dev/hda4 - /home - all other free space

THen I would move / var/mail to /home/mail so the mailboxes would be in a seperate partition and in the future you can easily format or upgrade the system with not much trouble.

[atul]

Thanks !!
What if I omit /dev/hda3 - /tmp - 1GB ?Do we really need a /tmp in email server?
Clearly ur scheme is better than what I proposed..But still I have one more question..What if instead of /home I make a separate partion as /mail on / which is similar to /var/mail? and one more when the server crashes or anytrhing wrong happens to it ...the backup of that /mail will go to second HD /mailstore?
What do u think?
Do u have any suggestion also why if I go for qmailrocks?I am planning for it,but not sure it will really server my purpose.Is it domain level server or enterprise level server ?
Any other suggestion is also welcome !!

[Ankheg]

For Qmail, the default queue location is /var/qmail/queue, not /var/mail or /mail; if you're using the qmailrocks instructions, mail will reside in /home/vpopmail/domains/domain/user/Maildir, or /home/localuser/Maildir. For this reason I'd make /var and /home separate partitions... perhaps 10GB for /var, and whatever's left for /home. You can probably get away with less in /var if you don't keep as many logs around as we do... but if qmail runs out of room for the queue, I imagine things would get ugly.

If a dedicated mailserver running qmail is swapping, something has gone terribly, horribly, awfully wrong. We usually leave off a swap partition... but that's when using 9 or 18 gig SCSI drives; you've certainly got the room to spare.