Morten Torstensen [morten@mortent.org] wrote: > >> Why cannot the mirrorlog be stored persistently in one or more LEs in > >> the LV? Why the need for a seperate PV for this? > > > > For better redundancy... > > In a LE it would be mirrored too and a copy would be in each mirror... That is not possible with the current LVM code. The log can't be a 'mirror' segment. Jonathan posted few patches to place the log on mirrored segment but the code is not in the upstream yet! > > Use "--alloc anywhere" to place the log LV on one of them when you > > create your mirror. > > Yes, but this will have the side effect of not ensuring separate PVs > for the mirrored LV? An the mirror log would still not be mirrored, so > in a failure situation you would still face data loss or force a fully > resync of the mirror. Agreed! _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
