On Freitag 02 April 2010, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 20:40:54 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > LVM and RAID are completely different animals. No one suggested using > > > it for any reasons of data security, running LVM on a RAID array > > > gives both security and flexibility. As for being able to add space > > > to RAID, you can't temporarily add a new volume whenever you want, > > > you have to go out and buy another drive, then power down the > > > computer to fit it, assuming there is room in the case for an extra > > > drive. > > > > no need to power down - and you can add and remove drives. Read man > > mdadm. > > Assuming your controller supports hotplugging, assuming you have a drive > available to plug in, assuming you are able to physically add a drive.
sata can hotplug. all ahci controlers can hotplug and all sata drives can hotplug. If you insist on technology straight from the stone ages that is your problem.
