[linux-lvm] How do I do RAID 4/5 *and* LVM?

[Herman L. Knief]

Yes, create the RAID (MD) device, then layer LVM on top... Now, depeneding
on your requirements, you may not need LVM (do you want/need snapshots,
etc?)

Also, how are you connecting these disks?  How many IDE ports are you
using?  I would recommend against any sort of master/slave setup, as
you'll have difficulties with failure detection and won't get the best
throughput.

 - Herman

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Dave Newman wrote:

->Hi --
->
->I have four 160 GB IDE disks, and wanted to install software RAID 4/5
->*and* LVM, and wanted to ask a couple of brief questions:
->
->a) Do I need LVM if I want to see a single partition (or can RAID do
->this for me)?
->
->b) Do I first install RAID, then LVM?  Are there any difficulties with
->these installs?  (I have already successfully done LVM on its own)
->
->c) Are there any reasons why I shouldn't use both RAID and LVM?
->
->Thanks in advance,
->Dave
->
->
->
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