How can I retrieve the mount count for an ext3 volume?

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Alex Hewitt <hewitt_tech at comcast.net> wrote:
> I think when I set up my next system I'm going to make
> the granularity of the file systems finer by dividing up
> the mount points/partitions.

  I should probabbly mention that when I wrote "partition" I actually
meant "logical volume".  I used to do it with simple partitions, which
worked, but the occasional move/resize for reallocation required
taking everything offline, and waiting while that happened.  These
days, I use LVM, and put everything other than the boot partition in
LVs.  I leave free space in the volume group.  Growing an LV and the
filesystem inside it only takes a few moments.  It works well.

  As another example, on the GNHLUG Internet server, I've got several
different LVs for each task.  For example, logs get their own LV, as
does the mail spool.  This keeps runway process output (or DoS
attacks) from filling up the entire system.  A full root partition
will often wedge everything, but a full mail spool just knocks out
mail.  Then you can SSH in and fix it.

-- Ben