[oclug] aaawwwww crap

[Andrew J. Hutton]

On Monday 14 June 2004 13:50, Robert Brockway wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Andrew J. Hutton wrote:
> > What most of us end up doing after awhile is just buying a new drive,
> > copying things over to it using cp into the new layout and going on. 
> > This isn't the
>
> Rather than buying a new drive, I just split the drive in half to start
> with.  Many boxes I've built need storage on the order of 20-40GB rather
> than 80-100GB so there is plenty of room to move.  I mainly do this so
> that the next upgrade can be conducted without the need to take data off
> disk.  Once I'm confident it is working the way it should I can flip the
> box to the new build.  Backups are a must as always.
>
> This method, like the 2nd drive solution, allows for a quick backout.

The other thing nobody has mentioned yet is going to LVM, which allows you to 
resize things when needed.