On Sunday June 6, andreas@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi! > > Robin Bowes wrote: > > Neil, > > > > I am interpreting this to mean that I can create, for example, a large (e.g. 1TB) RAID5 > > array and create smaller partitions (/home, /usr, etc) on top of the RAID5 array? Is > > this correct? > > > Hm. > Why would anyone use this, given that we can put LVM on > top of SW-RAID? > > > What are the advantages of a partitionable md device > compared to a SWRAID+LVM configuration? > Familiarity. Simplicity. Uniformity with other partitioning. LVM certainly works, now "traditional" partitioning does too... Choice is good. Use whichever suits you. NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
