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On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On 6 March 2012, at 17:25, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:32:56 +0000, Stroller wrote: |
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>>>> … I initially want to replace the 3x1TBs with a single 3TB drive but |
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>>>> i've never removed/replaced a drive in an LVM setup before. I think I |
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>>>> understand how it is done, using pvmove … |
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>>> Or you could just format and mount the new drive and use `cp`. |
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>> Thereby instantly removing the benefits of LVM and making it almost |
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>> impossible to extend the space by adding another drive when needed. |
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> Uh, why not create a new volume group with the new disk? |
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> OP says he wants to *replace* the old disks. |
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Makes a certain amount of sense. But it sounds like he found a tool |
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(pvmove) to do what he needs to do, and trying to do more on top |
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complicates things beyond what they need to be. |
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> Admittedly, I don't like the RAID0 nature of LVM, so my question probably did reflect that cynicism. |
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I typically put LVM on top of RAID. |
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