Patrick Bartek wrote: > --- On Tue, 7/27/10, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> [snip] >>> I never could see any advantage to LVMs (over "real" >> partitions) other than being able to resize them while they >> are mounted. >> They do make it easy to move stuff to new hardware, that >> can be important as a >> time saving if you have to do it often. > > Easier than using cp or dd or rsync, etc.? How much easier can it get? > Having done moves, way easier. Even I think it's easier, and I use a more manual toolset such as you mentioned. But a single command to move an LV from one PV to another PV, without editing boot scripts and such really is as simple as it can get. > I guess it all depends on what you're accustomed to. > The process of creating a partition, creating the filesystem, moving the data, and changing at least fstab and maybe grub.conf has a lot more steps, and usually requires editing config files as well. I trust I'll never be doing that so often I get accustomed to it, it usually means either bad initial configuration or hardware problems. Note usually in that. I just don't like one more layer I have to trust, although I really haven't had trouble with it in some years on other people's systems. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
