Are you going to create 1 big logical volume? If so, I see no need. But if you will be creating more than 1 logical volume, then go for it. It would be less work to maintain 1 array, instead of many. Guy -----Original Message----- From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of peter.greis@xxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 3:04 AM To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: To LVM, or not LVM ? Greetings All, I have a SuSE 9.1 server which I am getting ready to stuff 4 SATA drives into for extra storage (SIL controller onboard). Using 300GB disks with RAID5, this should give me 900GB of usable space, yes ? Anyway, I appeal to the list - should I build the array with LVM or not ? Any disadvantages ? regards, -Peter - 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 - 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
