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by codedokode 212 days ago
Logs should be limited by size. One could also use quotas in a filesystem. Also, what if some other application, like npm cache, uses the space for a database? Do you suggest allocating a partition for every program?

Also, databases usually store data in /var so it won't even help. Also, mysql simply hangs instead of shutting down in this case.

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> databases usually store data in /var so it won't even help

Databases store data where you tell them to.