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On Freitag 02 April 2010, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:45:29 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > seriously lvm sounds nice. But it isn't. It easily breaks. |
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> Do you have something to back that up? |
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> > You want a save setup? Go raid5 or raid6. As a bonus - you can get more |
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> > space if you need it by just adding another disk. And you are not |
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> > depending on some complex stuff to get it working. |
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> LVM and RAID are completely different animals. No one suggested using it |
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> for any reasons of data security, running LVM on a RAID array gives both |
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> security and flexibility. As for being able to add space to RAID, you |
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> can't temporarily add a new volume whenever you want, you have to go out |
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> and buy another drive, then power down the computer to fit it, assuming |
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> there is room in the case for an extra drive. |
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no need to power down - and you can add and remove drives. Read man mdadm. |