Ewan Mac Mahon wrote: >> >> I've been using LVM on one computer for some time, >> >> without any real problems. >> >> >> >> However, I've decided that it causes unnecessary complications, >> >> as some applications do not seem to accept the LVM devices, >> >> while I don't find any real advantages to compensate. >> >> >> I wonder if that is the general experience? >> >> > Definitely an asset when connected to a SAN. >> >> Why, as a matter of interest? >> > I think it depends more on the uses of the storage than the underlying > technology, but it helps to have something with enough space to have > some flexibility. I have a server with ~16Tb of storage that's shared > amongst research groups in a university dept. Each group has their own > filesystem, and LVM means that I can allocate space to whichever one > particularly needs it without predicting up front who that will be. I guess if I was in that position I would use LVM! But I'm just a common-or-garden Linux user ... [Reminds me of the Thurber cartoon with a mad-looking girl saying, "Thank you God for making me normal".] -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
