Re: Looking for a life-save LVM Guru

[Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 4:28 PM, James A. Peltier <jpeltier@xxxxxx> wrote:

> People who understand how to use the system do not suffer these problems.  LVM adds a bit of complexity for a bit of extra benefits.  You can't blame LVM for user error.  Not having monitoring in place or backups is a user problem, not an LVM one.

It's a good point. Suggesting the OP's problem is an example why LVM
should not be used, is like saying dropped laptops is a good example
why laptops shouldn't be used.

A fair criticism is whether LVM should be used by default with single
disk system installations. I've always been suspicious of this choice.
(But now, even Apple does this on OS X by default, possibly as a
prelude to making full volume encryption a default - their "LVM"
equivalent implements encryption as an LV level attribute called
logical volume family.)

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Chris Murphy
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