On 07/29/2010 10:57 PM, Fajar Priyanto wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ron Blizzard<rb4centos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Is there any reason to use LVM on a personal desktop install of
>> CentOS? It seems to me, for my purposes, that LVM is just a pain in
>> the neck -- although I've always just let CentOS set it up during the
>> install in the past. I would like to be able to use parted to resize
>> partitions when I want to, and also I'd like Vector Linux to be able
>> to read and write data to the CentOS partition. Would I be missing
>> something by not installing LVM, or is this mostly for server purposes
>> anyhow?
>>
> You don't need LVM if you don't plan to expand the filesystem (or a
> particular mount point).
>
You can use LVM for taking snapshots as well (very useful if you want to
quiesce databases for the shortest possible time for backups) . And you
can use LVM to migrate data from an old drive to a new one or even to
*shrink* a partition. I've never found LVM to 'be a pain'. 99% of the
time it's invisible, and 1% of the time it's indispensable.
--
Benjamin Franz
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