You _don't_ have to guess ... there is not much which can grow, if you
outsource /opt and /var.
We are running our / with 2 GB and there is more than enough space left.
And if you need another service *MYSQL or similiar* perhaps it is
usefull to check if another zLinux guest is necessary ;)

Christian Langer

Ryan McCain schrieb am 14.08.2008 17:26:
> Thats the issue we are trying to avoid if possible.  If we could put /, /opt, 
> /usr, /lib, etc. etc.  into LVM, we won't have to guestimate how much disk 
> we'll need from the outset. We could grow as needed. 
> 
> In the x86 world, we've been putting / in LVM for years and have never had a 
> problem.  Is there something specific about z/VM that doesn't play well with 
> / in LVM?
> 
> I keep reading where it's not a good idea to put / in LVM, but can you (or 
> someone else) define actually why it's not a good idea?
> 
> Thanks, 
> Ryan
> 
> 
> 
>>>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 10:15 AM, in message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert J
> Brenneman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
>> Leave it outside LVM. It's one less thing you'll get paged about at 3 AM on
>> Sunday. Use LVM for everything else, but leave / on a basic plain old
>> partition.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jay Brenneman
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