From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k33Ck8Ab014486 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 08:46:08 -0400 Received: from lug-owl.de (lug-owl.de [195.71.106.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k33Ck2oN023911 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 08:46:02 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:46:01 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM NOT scary! (was: LVM scary!) Message-ID: <20060403124601.GR1259@lug-owl.de> References: <443115F0.8030503@watford53.freeserve.co.uk> <20060403124112.GP19029@fencepost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="H2kTGx6mr3R59oXC" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060403124112.GP19029@fencepost> Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: To: LVM general discussion and development --H2kTGx6mr3R59oXC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2006-04-03 08:41:12 -0400, Thomas Schwinge wrot= e: > On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 01:32:48PM +0100, Jim Ford wrote: > > Hmm, there are so many horror stories on this forum that I'm beginning= =20 > > to wish that I hadn't chosen the LVM option when I installed my Kubuntu= =20 > > system! Mind you, having said that, I never had problems with 5 years o= f=20 > > software raid on a Slackware box.=20 >=20 > Well, it's commonly know that mostly the horror stories are what people > tell each other and remember. And especially in this very place, as it's > main purpose (apart from developing the software further) is to be a > contact point for people encountering such issues. Full ACK. The most scary cases are those where people expect to get high-availability by LVM'ing some IDE disks together. Hey, LVM on MD really is a nice thing, even dm-crypt ontop, works flawlessly :) MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 = _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg = _ _ O f=C3=BCr einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=C3=BCrger" | im Internet! | i= m Irak! O O O ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)= ); --H2kTGx6mr3R59oXC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEMRkJHb1edYOZ4bsRAj8DAJ9A9h0fTtP+kGpyek7yOnAhgEQUKwCfUBEy jzaWiMys/IbF9jCyLnEEURw= =Oo3+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --H2kTGx6mr3R59oXC--