Move web backups to /opt/fog

[Wayne Workman]

I just dealt with a full root partition due to the web folder backups that go into /home They were using about 16GB of my 20GB / directory.

I’m requesting that these backups instead go into /opt/fog somewhere and I can then update documentation to make a partition for /opt.

[Wayne Workman]

The backups are for some reason taking 1.4GB each now.

[Raymond Bell]

@Wayne-Workman Tom seen this on my server also.

[Tom Elliott]

@Wayne-Workman I refuse to do this.

Why?

Because you can set your own backup paths right in the installer.

[Wayne Workman]

@Tom-Elliott But why have the default values putting things in such spread out locations? The defaults should be safe(er).

[Tom Elliott]

@Wayne-Workman /home is safe.

[george1421]

@Tom-Elliott while I don’t have a dog in this race, I agree with Wayne that fog should keep all of its bits in its one location. /opt/fog/… is a logical choice. Typically with rhel based distros /home is placed on its own partition so technically its OK to use that since filling up the /home partition won’t bring down the system. But unfortunately not all linux distros place the /home in its own partition. If its an option in the installer to change it to another location, set the default to /opt/fog/backup and still allow the user to change the location if they want to. I also understand that unless installers take the extra step to move /opt to its own disk/partition they will not be any better off than just placing it on the root partition today.

But that is just my opinion on the topic.