Could someone, please, provide me with a link and/or facilitate some suggestons for configuration of the following components for a new DB server hosting MySQL 4.01MAX? I'm only looking to get a start and don't expect "THE" answer since all things are relative and I will have to further test the various scenarios. SuSE 7.3-2.4.18 512MB RAM 4x40GB Maxtor IDE (7200RPM) drives 3Ware 7800 RAID Controller LVM XFS Thank You, Anthony _______________________________________________ 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