[kwlug-disc] Old Man Yells at ZFS (was: Docker Host Appliance)

[CrankyOldBugger]

Usually the case is the devs/dbas just use up all the HDD they were
allotted.  Partitioning doesn't really matter in this regard as they get
the whole disk, outside of /boot.

The Oracle guys are the worst for plugging up the TBs that we give them...


On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 5:17 PM William Park via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> What's the reason for partitioning in the first place?  I understand
> /etc and /boot.  But, for data, why not allocate the whole thing?
>
> On 2023-01-17 21:30, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > I agree with much of what you said, Khalid, but I'm bananas for LVM..
> > What a wonderful thing that LVM is.  Especially at work, when I'm
> > constantly bombarded with DBAs and Devs whining that they're out of disk
> > space...  LVM saves the day again and again.
>
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