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 j9V4BsV23984 for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:11:54 -0500 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.194]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j9V4BmII015795 for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:11:48 -0500 Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s14so699043wxc for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:11:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 05:11:47 +0100 From: Tobias Subject: [linux-lvm] How does LVM2 handle disc error? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 Hi I'm about to set up a file server. How does lvm2 handle disc crashes in a logic volume? The thing is we don't care if the data on just the disc which crashes is gone, we have all data offline on tape and dvds. But we don't want the whole group to crash because of one disc. We would like to not use raid5 and such because one disc is lost. Its for internal use so there will be no heavy load. About 10-20 ppl will use the server for online central storage. Storage size at least 1Tb but we hope for 2Tb or more without any expensive hardware. Only cheap sata expansion cards and discs. /Tobias