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On 17/12/2022 20:03, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> I'm just asking what's the purpose of doing LVM, or your |
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> suggested layering, specifically on a storage pool for a |
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> home user like Dale? That's the part I don't understand, |
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> especially for a new NAS user like Dale? |
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From my POV, snapshots, in-place short-term backups, it's just flexible. |
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Actually, my main use of lvm is on my system partition - take a |
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snapshot, emerge @world, make sure everything is okay ... |
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What I *thought* I wanted it for was my /home partition - my wife is |
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forever losing stuff, getting muddled and what have you. But I don't |
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think snapshotting would actually protect against what she does :-( |
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But the ability to snapshot anything where you think you might be doing |
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something dangerous is just great - it means you can revert a disaster... |
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And below that, integrity/raid? Well raid protects against a drive |
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failure, integrity protects against disk corruption. They're all |
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unlikely events, but I've got loads of disk space, a powerful system, |
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and I don't stress it, so I've got power to spare for it. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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