LVM by itself does not implement RAID5. What people do is to use the md driver (standard Linux software RAID) to create a RAID device and then put LVM on top of that. Hope this helps sorting out the confusion. On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 01:26, Anthony Luke Nelson wrote: > OK, thanks. > > I was messing with SUSE 7.3 and in their LVM control panel, it only > seemed to suport linear or striping. > How have you done yours? Do yo do it from the command line and are any > specific versions/packages required for this? > Are you using the Sistina LVM package? > > > > > Thanks, > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > __________________ > Anthony Luke Nelson > "nerd with an attitude" > tony.nelson@wcom.com > http://ret.wcomnet.com > Enterprise NOS Services Southeast > Worldcom > Bell 919-377-4881 > vnet 966-4881 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com] > On Behalf Of Jason L Tibbitts III > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 12:18 AM > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM available on software raid5 (md) > > >>>>> "ALN" == Anthony Luke Nelson <tony.nelson@pobox.com> writes: > > ALN> Does anyone know if LVM is supported on software raid5. > > Works fine for me: > > md5 : active raid5 sdh7[1] sdg7[6] sdf7[5] sde7[4] sdd7[3] sdc7[2] > sdb7[7] sda7[0] > 416837376 blocks level 5, 128k chunk, algorithm 2 [7/7] [UUUUUUU] > > VG: nas [1 PV, 11 LV/10 open] PE Size: 8192 KB > Usage [KB/PE]: 416825344 /50882 total 386924544 /47232 used 29900800 > /3650 free > PV: [AA] md5 416825344 /50882 386924544 /47232 > 29900800 /3650 > > - J< > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html -- Adrian Head (Public Key available on request.) _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html
