Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!RELAY!FUND From: Fund@RELAY.PROTEON.COM Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell Subject: Big servers (by my standards) Reply Message-ID: <9001130457.AA25747@monk.proteon.com> Date: 13 Jan 90 03:57:00 GMT Sender: Novell LAN Interest Group Reply-To: Novell LAN Interest Group Organization: Proteon, Inc., Westborough, MA 01581 [(508)898-2800] Lines: 29 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Posted-Date: Fri, 12 Jan 90 23:53 EST X-Vers: CCMail to SMTP translator by Alan Marshall vers 2.24 8/30/89 X-To: AJGREEN%IRLEARN.BITNET@pucc.princeton.edu, Novell@suvm.acs.syr.edu >I'm in the process of setting up a 2.15 server with a 300MB disk. Given >the limit on volume size of 255MB, what are the optimum sizes for the >volumes? Currently I'm going for >SYS: 50MB >VOL1: 125MB >VOL2: 125MB >this is largely because our other servers have 125MB disks. Should I use >SYS: as the primary (ie 255MB) volume and use the other volumes for users >and applications? Should I make SYS: just for the NetWare stuff (MAIL, PUBLIC, >SYSTEM etc) and use VOL1 for everything else? Am I doing things completely >backwards? >Arthur Green >University College Dublin Computing Services There is no optimum size. Everything is cached. Practically speaking, you want to limit the number of volumes. If you need to get to 'em, you will have to define a precious drive letter for each of them. go with two volumes on the 300 meger. The sizes are really not that important. Glenn Fund Internet: Fund@Relay.proteon.com Principal Research Specialist CompuServe: 75170,1060 Sanders Associates cc:Mail Fund at Proteonwebo DW Highway South Phone: (603) 885-6242 MS NHQ4-0138 Director of The Greater Boston Area Nashua, NH 03061 Novell Users Group. Co-Founder and President of the Affiliation of NetWare Users "ANU Day Is Dawning"