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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 18:41:28
Message-Id: 201004022040.54819.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 14:45:29 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 > > seriously lvm sounds nice. But it isn't. It easily breaks.
4 >
5 > Do you have something to back that up?
6 >
7 > > You want a save setup? Go raid5 or raid6. As a bonus - you can get more
8 > > space if you need it by just adding another disk. And you are not
9 > > depending on some complex stuff to get it working.
10 >
11 > LVM and RAID are completely different animals. No one suggested using it
12 > for any reasons of data security, running LVM on a RAID array gives both
13 > security and flexibility. As for being able to add space to RAID, you
14 > can't temporarily add a new volume whenever you want, you have to go out
15 > and buy another drive, then power down the computer to fit it, assuming
16 > there is room in the case for an extra drive.
17 >
18
19 no need to power down - and you can add and remove drives. Read man mdadm.

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>