From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jon+lvm@silicide.dk Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Problems and questions with LVM on a large raid system. Message-ID: <20030315223607.GA16976@gw.silicide.dk> References: <20030312195217.GC18876@auctionwatch.com> <20030312221320.GA15196@gw.silicide.dk> <20030312234520.GA19335@auctionwatch.com> <3E704492.DF386E61@silicide.dk> <140770000.1047758399@[192.168.200.4]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <140770000.1047758399@[192.168.200.4]> Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat Mar 15 16:37:02 2003 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 01:59:59PM -0600, Steven Lembark wrote: > > > -- Jon Bendtsen > > >>> that depends. You can stripe the lvm, but then you cant resize it. > >>> if you made a LV, then it would proberly just allokate all on one > >>> "disk", aka sda, and then on sdb. > >> > >> I'm using 100% of the VG for the same LV. > >> > >> I'm fine with not being able to resize it. Do I need the MD stuff to > >> stripe it? > > > >No. You can stripe using the LV system. But i would think that > >if you can shutdown the LV, then you might as well stop the VG, > >and do it on the raw device. (except this isnt as future proof > >as a LVM system is). > > Nor as flexable: with LVM you can easily grow the LV's, with > out LVM you are stuck with fixed partitions. that would be included in being future proof ;-D Besides, he wants to stripe it, and you cant extend a stripped LV (as far as i know). JonB