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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvm on linux RAID5?
From: Anders Henriksson <anders.henriksson@xelin.se>
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> > > What kind of machine did you manage to get 4 RAID5 arrays into?
> > 
> > It is actually not that hard, take your one array and split it into 4.
> > I have 4 discs which are split into 4 raid partitions each.
> 
> Why would you split the raid, for then just to run LVM ontop of it ?

Just to have the flexibility to shrink the array and reuse partitions
for other purposes if needed, the same reason I have for wanting to use
lvm in the first place, just plain simple flexibility.

/Anders 
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