From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i82Dqk322601 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 09:52:46 -0400 Received: from mail1.speakeasy.net (mail1.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.201]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i82DqeCd005749 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 09:52:40 -0400 Received: from dsl081-147-030.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO mozart.theboulets.net) (spboulet@[64.81.147.30]) (envelope-sender ) by mail1.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 2 Sep 2004 13:52:40 -0000 From: Stephen Boulet Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Re: partition strategy Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 08:52:39 -0500 References: <412CE781.9000409@m-cam.com> <41363AA0.5030107@m-cam.com> In-Reply-To: <41363AA0.5030107@m-cam.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409020852.39928.stephen@theboulets.net> Reply-To: stephen@theboulets.net, 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: linux-lvm@redhat.com On Wednesday 01 September 2004 04:09 pm, Arshavir Grigorian wrote: > Arshavir Grigorian wrote: > > Is it better to create 3 partitions 2 x230G + 1G - create a striped LV > > over the first 2, then add the third to the volume group, then extend > > the LV over to the new 1G extension (since LVM2 allows extending > > striped lv-s). And if so, does the non-striped area get used as a last > > resort (after the striped area is completely full)? I don't have the expertise to know for sure but that makes sense to me. I would just make 3 partitions -- you can always just save the 1GB partition for something else -- swap or a backup partition. -- Stephen If your desktop gets out of control easily, you probably have too much stuff on it that doesn't need to be there. Donna Smallin, "Unclutter Your Home"