From: Christopher L. Barnard (cbar44@tsg.cbot.com)
Date: Thu Jun 17 2004 - 16:49:18 EDT
I asked
> I am replacing an old homedir server. The old server had an A100 array full
> of 1,2, and 4gig disks. (Yes, it is ancient). Each disk was its own
> partition and was an individual's home directory. I am replacing this
> with a shiny new V480 running Solaris 9 with a couple of S1 arrays attached,
> and one of those disks is a 72gig disk that I want to put all of the home
> directories in. Since everyone has gotten used to their homedir being its
> own partition, I would like to preserve that on the new system. But that
> will require me to have 30-odd partitions on a single disk. SDS uses the
> underlying UFS filesystem, so I unfortunately cannot use it. I can put a
> Veritas filesystem on there, but I am curious what other options folks
> would suggest here. TIA, and I will summarize.
The answer
soft partitions in SDS.
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/816-4518/6mannldg5?q=soft+partitions&a=view
Thanks to lots and lots of people who responded really really quickly...
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