Linux allows you to have four primary partitions per hard disk. The Access Gateway Appliance requires a swap partition, a cache object store (COS) partition, and a root partition. For a machine with a large hard disk (100 GB or larger), we recommend creating the following partitions:
Table 6-1 Access Gateway Appliance Partitions
To create your custom partitions:
From the Installation Settings page, click Step 11.)
, then select . (SeeThis page lists the partition settings as currently proposed.
Select
, then click .(Conditional) If the installation program discovers any existing partitions, select the hard disk, click
, then confirm the deletion of the partitions.Create a root partition as follows:
Click
, select the primary or extended partition, then click .Fill in the following fields:
Format: Make sure that
is selected.You must format the partition after you have modified the partition size during installation.
File system: Select
for the type.Custom Size: Specify a value.
Mount Point: Select
.Click
.Create a swap partition as follows:
Select the hard drive, click
, select the primary or extended partition, then click .Fill in the following fields:
Format: Make sure that
is selected.File system: Select
for the type.Custom Size: Specify a value.
Mount Point: Leave the default value of
.Click
.Create a var partition as follows:
Select the hard drive, click
, select the primary or extended partition, then click .Fill in the following fields:
Format: Make sure that
is selected.File system: Select
for the type.Custom Size: Specify a value.
Mount Point: Select
.Click
.Create a COS partition that uses the remaining space on the hard disk:
Select the hard drive, click
, select the primary or extended partition, then click .Fill in the following fields:
Do Not Format Partition: Select this option.
File system ID: Specify
as the ID.Custom Size: Accept the default value for the
cylinder value.Do not Mount the Partition: Select this option.
Click
.Click
to create partitions with the specified values.In the installation Summary page, verify that the partitions you specified are listed, then continue with Step 12.
The Linux Access Gateway has minumum required of a 30GB disk and the recommended size is about 100GB. The COS partition should be at least "4x" as the maximum downloadable file size.
For example - If we have a disk size of X, then our COS partition will be a maximum of Y, and any objects accessed through the Linux Access Gateway of size > Y will not work.
Trying to download Linux Access Gateway files which have a size above 520MB might end up by a browser freeze, slowdown and broken (truncated) files. For more information on , see TID 7005294