-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: > * PV == Physical Volume or some kind of media usable by LVM, these > have Physical Extents on them. > * VG == Volume Group which is measure in two ways, Extents and > PVs. Logical Extents are the measure in which VGs use the PVs. > PVs can be added or removed, therefore adding or removing > Physical Extents. Logical Extents can be 1:1, or 1:X > * LV == Logical Volume, this is the piece typically used with > filesystems on them. Depending on *Policy* or creation > restrictions, you can have a simple "gobs of disk space", using > a 1:1 ratio for LE to PE. Or you can simply create a policy to > have LE == 2 or more PE. The in effect mirrors the Extents on > separate PVs, eliminating the problems you are talking about. >
So LVM has the power of RAID like redundancy, right? - -- Cheers, Wei Chen http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGFJkhCIqXQV6BF28RAr/yAJ9nK9hQ7yqpu7JYC+96gBQm14b+XwCgvmHX yohGkki4DmyNeUyz0jWj7WY= =kPVD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
