On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Stroller <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 6 March 2012, at 17:25, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:32:56 +0000, Stroller wrote: >> >>>> … I initially want to replace the 3x1TBs with a single 3TB drive but >>>> i've never removed/replaced a drive in an LVM setup before. I think I >>>> understand how it is done, using pvmove … >>> >>> Or you could just format and mount the new drive and use `cp`. >> >> Thereby instantly removing the benefits of LVM and making it almost >> impossible to extend the space by adding another drive when needed. > > Uh, why not create a new volume group with the new disk? > > OP says he wants to *replace* the old disks.
Makes a certain amount of sense. But it sounds like he found a tool (pvmove) to do what he needs to do, and trying to do more on top complicates things beyond what they need to be. > > Admittedly, I don't like the RAID0 nature of LVM, so my question probably did > reflect that cynicism. I typically put LVM on top of RAID. -- :wq
