minimum disk space for centos minimal 7 64bit?

gapper

hi guys a vps with ssd 5gb could handle a centos minimal 7 64bit install? i currently have centos 6 minimal 64 bit and it uses around 1.3gb and i'm wondering how much would a virgin install of centos 7 would take?

thanks

akb

CentOS 7 64-bit fresh install:

# df -h /
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1       9.8G  853M  8.4G  10% /

henix

@akb said:
Fresh CentOS 7 64-bit install:

# df -h /
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1       9.8G  853M  8.4G  10% /

Fresh Virgin CentOS 7 64-bit install

TODO

I am too tired that I thought both akb and henix have an identical vps and I was like damn what a coincidence and that must have been a very good vps that I missed.

skorupion

@henix said:

@akb said:
Fresh CentOS 7 64-bit install:

# df -h /
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1       9.8G  853M  8.4G  10% /

Fresh Virgin CentOS 7 64-bit install

OOOOHHHH so you are supposed to fuck your VPSs

AlwaysSkint

@skorupion said: so you are supposed to fuck your VPSs

You will if you put the wrong kernel on it.

CheepCluck

The minimum is whatever your RAM can handle.

MeAtExampleDotCom

@akb said:
CentOS 7 64-bit fresh install:
# df -h /
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1 9.8G 853M 8.4G 10% /

You can probably pull more out of that too, I find “standard” installs are not as minimal as you'd think. For Debian I install minimal (deselect the standard tools) and after installing the extra bits I usually want, even if I include build-essential because the install will be used to make things for itself or elsewhere, it comes in smaller than standard.

Though remember to account for log growth and such when sizing a VM or other OS install, which will push things in the other direction.

akb

@MeAtExampleDotCom said: You can probably pull more out of that too

I am sure. It should be possible to bring it under 500mb or less. But this is CentOS and there is a limit to which you can go without breaking the system (thanks to yum). Debian on the hand is always lighter on the disk (apt rocks) and can be minimized to great extents.

jon617

@gapper said: hi guys a vps with ssd 5gb could handle a centos minimal 7 64bit install? i currently have centos 6 minimal 64 bit and it uses around 1.3gb and i'm wondering how much would a virgin install of centos 7 would take?

Should be about the same, or less if your fresh install wipes old log and cache files.