>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Burgess <aab@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> 3) Performance issues: I'm currently thinking of >> using either RAID 10 or LVM2 with RAID 5 to serve as a >> RAID server. Andrew> I think you always want LVM2 between raid and the Andrew> filesystem. Not only can you expand things but you can discard Andrew> older raid arrays when you upgrade. At least you should study Andrew> the docs for LVM to see if it would be good for your Andrew> application. I agree with this, having LVM between MD and the filesystem lets you move the data from one MD to another without any major downtime or even your users having to notice. Which is cool. I really really like ext3 for it's reliability, but a filesystem which you can grow/shrink while mounted would be nice. I really like VxFS from Veritas, but obviously you won't find it one Linux right now. I've been tempted by XFS at times, but I worry, esp since alot of other people who are core developers don't care for XFS as much. But maybe I'll move that way for my next system. John - 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
