| 1 |
On Sunday 07 October 2007, Philip Webb wrote: |
| 2 |
> Does anyone have advice based on experience using LVM ? |
| 3 |
> I sb partitioning a new 320 GB hard drive soon for a simple desktop box. |
| 4 |
> That is 8 times the size of the HDD in my present machine, |
| 5 |
> which I haven't exhausted by any means. LVM seems more professional |
| 6 |
> & allows flexibility for unforeseen storage needs, |
| 7 |
> but it adds a layer of complexity & potential problems arising therefrom. |
| 8 |
> I wonder whether LVM slows down disk access |
| 9 |
> & whether there's a disaster lurking unseen if anything goes wrong with |
| 10 |
> LVM: a bad package update, a damaged config file or file storing LVM's |
| 11 |
> layout would seem to risk losing everything on the HDD & require |
| 12 |
> re-installation. |
| 13 |
|
| 14 |
I'm using LVM for all my (linux-)computers (Servers, Desktops and Notebooks). |
| 15 |
The only filesystems not on LVM are / and /boot (I know that I can put / on a |
| 16 |
LVOL as well but I don't like to use initrd if I can avoid it). This is for |
| 17 |
example how my desktop looks like: |
| 18 |
|
| 19 |
/dev/hde1 /boot 30MB |
| 20 |
/dev/hde2 swap 4GB |
| 21 |
/dev/hde3 / 500MB |
| 22 |
/dev/hde4 LVM-vg00 |
| 23 |
/dev/vg00/lvol01 /usr 4GB |
| 24 |
/dev/vg00/lvol02 /var 10GB |
| 25 |
/dev/vg00/lvol03 /opt 2GB |
| 26 |
/dev/vg00/lvol04 /home/dan 4GB |
| 27 |
/dev/vg00/lvol05 /home/ulle 4GB |
| 28 |
/dev/vg00/lvol06 /tmp 1GB |
| 29 |
/dev/vg00/lvol07 /var/vmware/WinXP 28GB |
| 30 |
/dev/vg00/lvol08 /usr/portage 3GB |
| 31 |
|
| 32 |
The main reason for me for using LVM is that I can easily extend a filesystem |
| 33 |
on the fly or add a new one if necessary. |
| 34 |
-- |
| 35 |
Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu> |
| 36 |
*************************************************** |
| 37 |
This message is printed on 100% recycled electrons! |
| 38 |
*************************************************** |
Archives