From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k33Cp4eF015697 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 08:51:04 -0400 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.204]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k33Cp3vM025718 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 08:51:03 -0400 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id n1so4477611nzf for ; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:51:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <52fe6b680604030551v63e6abd3x286b13cf9ca07253@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:21:02 +0530 From: "Anil Kumar Sharma" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM scary! In-Reply-To: <443115F0.8030503@watford53.freeserve.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_198_6723810.1144068662851" References: <443115F0.8030503@watford53.freeserve.co.uk> 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: To: LVM general discussion and development ------=_Part_198_6723810.1144068662851 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 4/3/06, Jim Ford wrote: > > Hmm, there are so many horror stories on this forum that I'm beginning > to wish that I hadn't chosen the LVM option when I installed my Kubuntu > system! Mind you, having said that, I never had problems with 5 years of > software raid on a Slackware box. > > I agree it is scary, by which I mean that you got to play with it carefully= . Having said that, I find LVM a step (generation) above normal partitioning system. It can give lot of flexibility provided that is planned properly and in advance. In many cases I find users (not anyone particular), let's call 'click happy', and here I mean to say that people have taken it for granted that LVM will be a cake walk, It is if you know how you can play with it. LVM is not like a computer game where one plays and learns. Here, replay is very costly and that is causing lot of anguish among users. -- Anil Kumar Shrama ------=_Part_198_6723810.1144068662851 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline

On 4/3/06, Jim Ford <jaford@watford53.freeserve.co.uk > wrote:
Hmm, there are so many horror stories on this forum that I'm beginning
t= o wish that I hadn't chosen the LVM option when I installed my Kubuntu
s= ystem! Mind you, having said that, I never had problems with 5 years of
software raid on a Slackware box.


I agree= it is scary, by which I mean that you got to play with it carefully.
Ha= ving said that, I find LVM a step (generation) above normal partitioning sy= stem.=20
It can give lot of flexibility provided that is planned properly and in= advance.
In many cases I find users (not anyone particular), let's call= 'click happy',
and here I mean to say that people have taken it for gr= anted that LVM will be a cake walk, It is if you know how you can play with= it.
LVM is not like a computer game where one plays and learns. Here, repla= y is very costly and that is causing lot of anguish among users.

-- =
Anil Kumar Shrama ------=_Part_198_6723810.1144068662851--