From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx14.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.19]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p2Q4gW51026028 for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:42:32 -0400 Received: from eastrmfepo202.cox.net (eastrmfepo202.cox.net [68.230.241.217]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2Q4gNAr016480 for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:42:23 -0400 Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmfepo202.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20110326044223.YQVF32466.eastrmfepo202.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:42:23 -0400 Message-ID: <4D8D6EAF.8050403@cox.net> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:42:23 -0500 From: Ron Johnson MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Powerfailure and snapshot consistency 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"; format="flowed" To: linux-lvm@redhat.com On 03/25/2011 11:24 PM, Stuart D. Gathman wrote: [snip] > > 2) make sure important LVs do not span multiple PVs (except for LVM > mirroring) - you could be unhappy in the event of a system crash. > But isn't "volumes larger than physical devices" (one of) the raison d'etre of LVM? -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt." Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749