On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Scott Rohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> The big win(s) are: > > - Linux support can decide how big filesystems are without having VM > support adjust minidisk sizes for each filesystem. And that was part of the idea of VMLMAT in the first place: Abstract the Linux from the VM so the VM sysprog skill were not required for end users to manage their MF Linuxii > > - The space can be 'grown' by just adding another volume (minidisk) -- > without LVM - all you can do is define a larger area - copy everything to > it > - then dump the old (smaller) are. Once you reach a full pack minidisk -- > you've got nowhere to go without LVM anyway. And that is why we are just now thinking about adding the feature: We have not internally needed anything larger than a full pack mini-disk yet, but that is not realistic out there in the "real world". > > > Scott Rohling > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
