Re: [linux-lvm] software raid or lvm?

[philip <mail@blocked.name>]

hi,
i'm sorry that i wasn't more clear. i used to have raid0 with the siimage binary 
driver, but that is only for 2.4 kernels. so i've to use software raid and i 
didn't find the way how to put lvm on top of software raid. or how can i do it?
however, in suse admin guide is written about lvm: 'several hard disks can be 
used with improved performance in the raid0 (striping) mode.' any idea? can i 
use lvm as raid0? course, the best is raid and lvm on top, but if i can use only 
lvm, how fast it would be? can i check the speed?
thank you
philip


Theo Van Dinter wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 05:25:57PM +0200, philip wrote:
> 
>>like to install suse91, which doesn't support siimage chipset, so i've to 
>>use software raid or lvm.
>>what would be better/faster?
> 
> 
> Well, what are you trying to do?  If you want redundancy, go with RAID.
> If you want volume management, go with LVM.  I'd say you should do both
> (RAID the disks then use LVM on top), but without more data there is no
> answer for "better/faster".