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 k383GMLe029128 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:16:22 -0400 Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k383GLx0025879 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:16:21 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7270B65E for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:16:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 14271-05 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:16:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ath600 (ip70-178-219-238.ks.ks.cox.net [70.178.219.238]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7991DB60F for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:16:17 +0000 (UTC) From: Zac Slade Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM over IP network Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 22:16:14 -0500 References: <1144412972.44365b2c36361@mail.sify.com> In-Reply-To: <1144412972.44365b2c36361@mail.sify.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604072216.14803.krakrjak@volumehost.net> 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: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development On Friday 07 April 2006 07:59, rarulselvan@sify.com wrote: > I do understand that LVM and EVMS are quite useful for managing the disk > space in given work station. So I am wondering if there is such thing as > LVM over IP network ? so that I can maximize my disk usage. If not, what is > my other choice ? Why not? Using iSCSI or ATAoE you can export the extra space from each of the system as devices that will appear to be block devices. From there you can add them to a vg anytime you want. Just be careful how you do it because if one of the systems goes off the network you will not have access to the data from that drive. Also I'm not so sure how well LVM deals with having a drive dissappear out from underneath it. -- Zac Slade krakrjak@volumehost.net ICQ:1415282 YM:krakrjak AIM:ttyp99