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 k12L8c123508 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:08:38 -0500 Received: from uproxy.gmail.com (uproxy.gmail.com [66.249.92.199]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k12L8SMc014121 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:08:28 -0500 Received: by uproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id q2so50554uge for ; Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:08:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7cce3190602021308n184bcc43m@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 22:08:27 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Javier_de_Miguel_Rodr=EDguez?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [linux-lvm] Question about hardware LVM 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" To: linux-lvm@redhat.com Hello I have been successfully using LVM on RedHat Linux Server with no hassle. We are now deploying a $BIGVENDOR expensive FiberChannel SAN. One of the main features of this SAN is that is able to grow a filesystem How does Linux handle this? Do I still have to use LVM? If I still have to use LVM I do NOT see the point of "hardware base growing". Simply, create a new LUN in the SAN and I can join to our LVM setup. Maybe this is a "Storage 101" questio, but I do not fully understand expensive SAN "hardware based" filesystem grow. Thank you in advance