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[aless]

I have a few questions on linux distribution deployment.

- What exactly is "deployment disk size" and how is it different from storage?

- In your experience, is it best to use the default swap disk size?

- I understand that it's possible to build multiple images, though you can have only one profile running at a time. What's the use case for building multiple images?

Thanks in advance.

[hybinet]

aless wrote: - What exactly is "deployment disk size" and how is it different from storage?
The amount of storage you paid for is like the size of your hard drive. "Disks" are like partitions on that hard drive. You can partition your storage any way you want, and use them for different purposes. Or you can have just one big fat partition.
aless wrote: - In your experience, is it best to use the default swap disk size?
Yes, anything over 256M is a waste of space. A large swap might be useful on a desktop computer, but usually not on a VPS.
aless wrote: - I understand that it's possible to build multiple images, though you can have only one profile running at a time. What's the use case for building multiple images?
Putting /home, /var, etc. on different partitions. Quickly backing up your system without paying extra for the backup service. Testing a different Linux distribution without having to wipe your disk, a.k.a. dual-booting. Basically, whatever use case you might have for multiple partitions on your computer.

[aless]

aless wrote: - What exactly is "deployment disk size" and how is it different from storage?

I asked this question because I was looking at the Getting Started guide in the library and saw that one of the screenshots (http://library.linode.com/assets/3-lm2-initial-deploy-after-dc-selection.png) has a disk size of 16128 MB. For some reason I interpreted that as 161 MB and was wondering why that was so small.

Anyway, I built an image and deployed it on my Linode today! Thanks for your answers!

[hoopycat]

aless wrote: I asked this question because I was looking at the Getting Started guide in the library and saw that one of the screenshots (http://library.linode.com/assets/3-lm2-initial-deploy-after-dc-selection.png) has a disk size of 16128 MB. For some reason I interpreted that as 161 MB and was wondering why that was so small.

Probably didn't help that the screenshot is old... numeric values on screenshots tend to fall out-of-date quickly. I suspect the screenshot was taken sometime between April 2010 and June 2011.

Code: Last-Modified: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:40:19 GMT

YUP!

Also, never hardcode plan sizes, datacenter names, or cake recipes into API code :-)