Hi gurus... I have a question regarding LVM and RAID.
I have a 324gb and 350gb RAID enclosure, the 324gb consists of 9 x 36gb discs, and the other is 7 x 50gb discs. This space is destined for a file server, and usually I would just use appropriate RAID level to define the volumes etc. However, after being caught out with needing more space in the past I decided to go the LVM route, what I need to know now is how best to go about it...Do I: Just treat each drive as a seperate device (i.e JBOD) and create a PV for each disc and use software striping where necessary, or define each array as one big RAID 0 (backup is taken care of) and create lots of little partitions to use as PV's? I guess the second route would be the best bet, as it would use the benefit of hardware RAID 0 with smaller partitions. But would this cause issues by having potentially *lots* of partitions spread over the disc (the howto advises against using the partitions for PV's but rather to use whole devices (discs /dev/sdxx etc.)). I am basically looking for the solution that provides the best balance between performance (speed is really an issue) and flexibility. I have checked Google and the various howto's but they don't really touch on this scenario... Cheers, Pete. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
