[linux-lvm] question about LVM kernel module - mirroring

Luca Lavorante luca at dedalus.com.br
Fri Oct 11 11:20:09 UTC 2002


Joe, Thanks for your reply.

      Luca

Joe Thornber wrote:

>On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 08:33:36AM -0300, Luca Lavorante wrote:
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>>Hi everybody, I am new to the list and hope you will excuse my (perhaps) 
>>silly questions.
>>
>>1) I have seen in the LVM documentation that the program is divided into:
>>
>>  - A kernel module
>>  - a set o binaries (commands etc.)
>>
>>I?d like to know whether it is possible to use LVM WITHOUT a kernel 
>>module.
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>No.
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>>2) How can I perform mirroring using LVM? I know the kernel can do that 
>>on local disks. Is it possible for the kernel of  two clustered machines 
>>to mirror two disks on an external storage?
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>LVM doesn't support mirroring ATM.  Try the software raid driver (md).
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>- Joe
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