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On Apr 17, 2006, at 9:34 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: |
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> On Monday 17 April 2006 09:14, John Jolet <john@×××××.net> wrote |
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> about '[gentoo-user] evms': |
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>> Trying to set up a new server using evms, but the howto on the gentoo |
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>> site seems very old and incomplete. |
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>> basically, i've got 3 hot-swappable scsi drives, but no raid |
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>> controller.. I want to end up with lvm logical volumes on top of a |
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>> software raid-5. but getting there with evms is presenting me some |
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>> issues. FYI, i've been an aix system adminstrator for over 10 years, |
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>> so i'm very familiar with lvm concepts and applications..just trying |
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>> to translate that process into evms terms. |
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> In your situation, I'd get rid of evms, it's not needed. Use mdadm to |
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> create a raid5 volume from your 3 drives, then use the command-line |
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> lvm |
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> tools to create a pv, vg, and all the lvs you want. |
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well, that's what i've done in the past. seemed to me that evms was |
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the direction things were going, and thought i'd give it a test |
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drive. is it your opinion that evms does not add any value in terms |
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of resizing logical volumes and volume groups, etc? |
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