Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-27 Thread John R Pierce
On 9/27/2013 9:39 AM, Phil Gardner wrote: > So we can generally say that LVM offers no real drawbacks in terms of > flexibility, but it seems like we are mostly talking about homebrew setups. > > What about in a high iops situation? Is there any evidence/testing out > there that might show that the

Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-27 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | On 09/27/2013 11:25 AM, Kwan Lowe wrote: | > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Antonio da Silva Martins Junior | > wrote: | >> Well, I think this is one of the big examples of what | >> we can do with LVM: http://www.greyoak.com/lvmdrive.html | > | > This is one of th

Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-27 Thread Phil Gardner
On 09/27/2013 11:25 AM, Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Antonio da Silva Martins Junior > wrote: >> Well, I think this is one of the big examples of what >> we can do with LVM: http://www.greyoak.com/lvmdrive.html > > This is one of the top reasons that I use LVM on my home bui

Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-27 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | | Antonio da Silva Martins Junior wrote the following on 9/26/2013 3:28 | PM: | > Well, I think this is one of the big examples of what we can do | > with | > LVM: http://www.greyoak.com/lvmdrive.html | | This seems like a great example of how LVM complicates the pr

Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-27 Thread Blake Hudson
Antonio da Silva Martins Junior wrote the following on 9/26/2013 3:28 PM: > Well, I think this is one of the big examples of what we can do with > LVM: http://www.greyoak.com/lvmdrive.html This seems like a great example of how LVM complicates the process of moving to a new disk. Without LVM,

Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-27 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Antonio da Silva Martins Junior wrote: > Well, I think this is one of the big examples of what > we can do with LVM: http://www.greyoak.com/lvmdrive.html This is one of the top reasons that I use LVM on my home builds. I generally build with an SSD as the OS disk

Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-26 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | | On 09/26/2013 09:35 PM, James A. Peltier wrote: | > - Original Message - | > | - Original Message - | > | | Hi, | > | | | > | | I was wondering, why/when it is useful or when should I avoid | > | | to | > | | use | > | | LVM. | > | | | > | | I think

Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-26 Thread Antonio da Silva Martins Junior
- "Rob Kampen" escreveu: > De: "Rob Kampen" > Para: "CentOS mailing list" > Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 26 de Setembro de 2013 17:11:06 (GMT-0300) > Auto-Detected > Assunto: Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm >

Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-26 Thread Rob Kampen
On 09/26/2013 09:35 PM, James A. Peltier wrote: - Original Message - | - Original Message - | | Hi, | | | | I was wondering, why/when it is useful or when should I avoid to | | use | | LVM. | | | | I think the big advantage of LVMing is if you modify (rezising, | | ...) | | disk

Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-26 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | - Original Message - | | Hi, | | | | I was wondering, why/when it is useful or when should I avoid to | | use | | LVM. | | | | I think the big advantage of LVMing is if you modify (rezising, | | ...) | | disk and filesystem layouts "a lot". | | | | Are ther

Re: [CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-26 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | Hi, | | I was wondering, why/when it is useful or when should I avoid to use | LVM. | | I think the big advantage of LVMing is if you modify (rezising, ...) | disk and filesystem layouts "a lot". | | Are there any real pros or cons for following situations regardin

[CentOS] to lvm or not to lvm - why/when to use lvm

2013-09-26 Thread Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator
Hi, I was wondering, why/when it is useful or when should I avoid to use LVM. I think the big advantage of LVMing is if you modify (rezising, ...) disk and filesystem layouts "a lot". Are there any real pros or cons for following situations regarding e.g. management and speed? e.g.: I do have