Partitioning advice

[gcnweb at gmail.com (Gilles CHAUVIN)]

On 3/22/06, William Warren <hescominsoon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> so how would i combine LVM and software raid 1?  Would i do the lvm
> setup first or the software raid partitions first?
>
Everythings could be done during the CentOS installation.

On my servers I usually use software RAID-1. I create a /boot
partition at the very beginning of the disk (100MB should be lergely
enough for that purpose) and use the remaining space with LVM (swap
and as much partitions as I can :). I always keep some GB unallocated
if I want to later grow a partition.

Give LVM a try, you will never go back after :).

Regards,
Gilles.