Hi, LVM seems to be a good choice for split a linux box hdd. I would like to use this for a database/file server (samba), running under SuSE Linux 8.0 PRO. I have 2 disks of 73 Go, in RAID 1. Here is the LVM partition I've created : linux:/ # lvscan lvscan -- ACTIVE "/dev/vg/mysql" [10 GB] lvscan -- ACTIVE "/dev/vg/index" [4 GB] lvscan -- ACTIVE "/dev/vg/data" [15 GB] lvscan -- ACTIVE "/dev/vg/share" [29.35 GB] lvscan -- 4 logical volumes with 58.35 GB total in 1 volume group lvscan -- 4 active logical volumes LV are mounted with ReiserFS : /dev/vg/mysql --> /mysql /dev/vg/index --> /index /dev/vg/data --> /data /dev/vg/share --> /share All of the LV are shared with samba. I have some questions : 1. I can write 4.3 GB of data for my XP station to the /index share. The LV is 4 GB ????? 2. What is exactly the extent value ? (default 4MB). 3. What is the best value of this parameter for database ? and a file server ? Thanks in advance for your response. -- Sincèrement, Jean Marie Ariès _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
