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On Friday 14 November 2003 16:48, Thomas Smith wrote:
> Peter van Eck wrote:
> > I don't think the open source version of LVM supports mirroring.
>
> I've never setup LVM in this way. However, one could assume you could
> "layer" several mechanism to get what you're looking for.
>
> For example, you could create your base partitions, create your RAID
> devices, and then start the LVM setup on top of those. So instead of
> defining /dev/hd* as part of the volume group(s) you'd define /dev/md*
> (the RAID devices).
>
> I haven't tried this setup but have given it some thought as I'm looking
> at something similar with RAID5. If you try it, post the results as
> inquiring minds want to know ;-).

LVM, physical drives, RAID, DRBD, NBD, etc are all block devices.
So, in theory you could RAID5 3 DRBD devices and LVM your partitions on top.
I have had LVM on RAID5, and now have LVM on RAID1.

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