Re: [gentoo-user] evms

[John Jolet]

> I've never needed any of the few additional features EVMS provides.  (The
> only one that comes to mind right now is BBR, which modern HDs already
> do.) It /can/ make things a /little/ easier, since it allows you to resize
> a block device and the filesystem (or whatever) on top of it with a single
> (non-atomic) operatation.  However, I didn't like any of the UIs provided
> by EVMS, I found them both too minimalistic in what information they
> showed by default, and cluttered with options I'll never use.
>
> I prefer the command-line for most administrative tasks, and I prefer the
> dm/md/lvm/fs-specific tools over the EVMS CLI or ncurses interface.  I
> know that none of this really answers your question directly, but I wanted
> to provide some background.
>
> I don't think that EVMS adds any features (= value) I (or most people) will
> use; I think its interface has less value than the interfaces already
> exist.
That's great information.  I'm going ahead with the evms install on a box to
use for a while to see if it's a direction I want to go in.  Best way to
decide if it adds any value for ME, I guess.  I appreciate your input.
Thanks.


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