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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:50:40
Message-Id: 201004022150.10087.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem by Neil Bothwick
1 On Freitag 02 April 2010, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 20:40:54 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 > > > LVM and RAID are completely different animals. No one suggested using
4 > > > it for any reasons of data security, running LVM on a RAID array
5 > > > gives both security and flexibility. As for being able to add space
6 > > > to RAID, you can't temporarily add a new volume whenever you want,
7 > > > you have to go out and buy another drive, then power down the
8 > > > computer to fit it, assuming there is room in the case for an extra
9 > > > drive.
10 > >
11 > > no need to power down - and you can add and remove drives. Read man
12 > > mdadm.
13 >
14 > Assuming your controller supports hotplugging, assuming you have a drive
15 > available to plug in, assuming you are able to physically add a drive.
16
17 sata can hotplug. all ahci controlers can hotplug and all sata drives can
18 hotplug. If you insist on technology straight from the stone ages that is your
19 problem.

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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>