On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like some assistance in understanding the relationship between
> the size of an LVM2 logical volume and ext3.
>
> If I want to grow an ext3 fs by size X in mb, how do I calculate
> the size Y by which I have to first resize the LVM volume on which
> it resides? Most sources I've read online say something like "make
> it a little bigger just to be safe" but I'm hoping there is a
> better and more accurate formula than that.
does -L option of lvextend not serve the purpose? i use it to resize
[increase ;-)] the size of LVs before resizing/inflating the filesystem
(xfs). or did i just misread your question?
hth
--
manish
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