On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 08:29:41AM -0700, Herman L. Knief wrote: > Yes, create the RAID (MD) device, then layer LVM on top... Now, depeneding > on your requirements, you may not need LVM (do you want/need snapshots, > etc?) Well, LVM makes a lot of sense in case he changes his mind to go with a single partition later. In that case LVM plus fs shrinkers give him much more flexible options he doesn't have with MD alone. > > Also, how are you connecting these disks? How many IDE ports are you > using? I would recommend against any sort of master/slave setup, as > you'll have difficulties with failure detection and won't get the best > throughput. > > - Herman > > On Tue, 21 May 2002, Dave Newman wrote: > > ->Hi -- > -> > ->I have four 160 GB IDE disks, and wanted to install software RAID 4/5 > ->*and* LVM, and wanted to ask a couple of brief questions: > -> > ->a) Do I need LVM if I want to see a single partition (or can RAID do > ->this for me)? > -> > ->b) Do I first install RAID, then LVM? Are there any difficulties with > ->these installs? (I have already successfully done LVM on its own) > -> > ->c) Are there any reasons why I shouldn't use both RAID and LVM? > -> > ->Thanks in advance, > ->Dave > -> > -> > -> > ->_______________________________________________ > ->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 -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ 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
