From: Roman Mamedov <rm@romanrm.net>
To: Andreas Klauer <Andreas.Klauer@metamorpher.de>
Cc: Veljko <veljko3@gmail.com>, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linear device of two arrays
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 02:53:18 +0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170708025318.216210e7@natsu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170707212036.GA26305@metamorpher.de>
On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 23:20:36 +0200
Andreas Klauer <Andreas.Klauer@metamorpher.de> wrote:
> Put LVM on top?
>
> You could create LVM on the new array, copy your files over, then extend.
>
> If you know LVM _really_ well, it's also possible to convert existing
> filesystems without moving data (other than relocating the parts
> occupied/unusable by LVM, i.e. one extent-size worth of data at
> start and end of disk).
There is this tool which can convert filesystems/partitions to LVM in-place:
https://github.com/g2p/blocks
however it requires a shrinkable filesystem, and XFS cannot be shrunk.
(Also it appears unmaintained with a number of long-standing unresolved
issues).
--
With respect,
Roman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-07 21:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-05 15:34 Linear device of two arrays Veljko
2017-07-05 16:42 ` Roman Mamedov
2017-07-05 18:07 ` Wols Lists
2017-07-07 11:07 ` Nix
2017-07-07 20:26 ` Veljko
2017-07-07 21:20 ` Andreas Klauer
2017-07-07 21:53 ` Roman Mamedov [this message]
2017-07-07 22:20 ` Andreas Klauer
2017-07-07 22:33 ` Andreas Klauer
2017-07-07 22:52 ` Stan Hoeppner
2017-07-08 10:26 ` Veljko
2017-07-08 21:24 ` Stan Hoeppner
2017-07-09 22:37 ` NeilBrown
2017-07-10 11:03 ` Veljko
2017-07-12 10:21 ` Veljko
2017-07-14 2:03 ` NeilBrown
2017-07-14 1:57 ` NeilBrown
2017-07-14 2:05 ` NeilBrown
2017-07-14 13:40 ` Veljko
2017-07-15 0:12 ` NeilBrown
2017-07-17 10:16 ` Veljko
2017-07-18 8:58 ` Veljko
2017-07-20 21:40 ` Veljko
2017-07-20 22:00 ` NeilBrown
2017-07-21 9:15 ` Veljko
2017-07-21 11:37 ` Veljko
2017-07-22 23:03 ` NeilBrown
2017-07-23 10:05 ` Veljko
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