On 1/26/06, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can play with things as you like, but I wouldn't do it. > I had problems with LVM and got rid of it. Over on Fedora, > I've only seen one say "I'm glad I used LVM", but on a regular > basis someone gets bitten.
Agreed. I haven't used LVM, but if you're having problems with a flaky drive, adding another layer of complexity (LVM, software RAID, etc) won't usually end up helping. What will more likely help is a "transparent" layer, such as a hardware RAID card.