Re: The case against LVM

[Timothy Murphy <tim birdsnest maths tcd ie>]

Ewan Mac Mahon wrote:

>> >> I've been using LVM on one computer for some time,
>> >> without any real problems.
>> >>
>> >> However, I've decided that it causes unnecessary complications,
>> >> as some applications do not seem to accept the LVM devices,
>> >> while I don't find any real advantages to compensate.
>> 
>> >> I wonder if that is the general experience?
>> 
>> > Definitely an asset when connected to a SAN.
>> 
>> Why, as a matter of interest?
>> 
> I think it depends more on the uses of the storage than the underlying
> technology, but it helps to have something with enough space to have
> some flexibility. I have a server with ~16Tb of storage that's shared
> amongst research groups in a university dept. Each group has their own
> filesystem, and LVM means that I can allocate space to whichever one
> particularly needs it without predicting up front who that will be.

I guess if I was in that position I would use LVM!
But I'm just a common-or-garden Linux user ...

[Reminds me of the Thurber cartoon with a mad-looking girl saying,
"Thank you God for making me normal".]


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