From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roman Mamedov Subject: Re: mdadm does not create partition devices whatsoever, "partitionable" functionality broken Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 01:32:21 +0600 Message-ID: <20110514013221.552dc8ef@natsu> References: <4DCD4A83.8060202@pulseforce.com> <4DCD6119.3080705@turmel.org> <4DCD67EF.1070602@pulseforce.com> <4DCD6B27.70402@pulseforce.com> <20110513234055.4307c536@natsu> <4DCD72AF.1070809@pulseforce.com> <4DCD75FE.8010703@turmel.org> <4DCD7E78.6050000@pulseforce.com> <4DCD84E1.3040704@turmel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/GnPeh53ewwrAIeme=xwjy9V"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4DCD84E1.3040704@turmel.org> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Phil Turmel Cc: Christopher White , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids --Sig_/GnPeh53ewwrAIeme=xwjy9V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 13 May 2011 15:22:09 -0400 Phil Turmel wrote: > I always use LVM. While the lack of attention to MD partitions might > justify that, the real reason is the sheer convenience of creating, > manipulating, and deleting logical volumes on the fly. While you may not > need it *now*, when you discover that you *do* need it, you won't be able= to > use it. Online resizing of any of your LVs is the killer feature. Can it defragment non-contiguous LVs yet? --=20 With respect, Roman --Sig_/GnPeh53ewwrAIeme=xwjy9V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk3Nh0UACgkQTLKSvz+PZwjgCQCeJM5WNSud6L20pYLOtDvkDrnz Bt4An1PrKA44LRm9kjpReGOh1ukA443r =Kdj5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/GnPeh53ewwrAIeme=xwjy9V--