Sorry, I did not use the LVM so far (because I didn't need it). I think
the status is explained in its documentation and the tools are rather
small - so a download will answer most of your questions.
Greetings, Dietmar
A James Lewis wrote:
>
> What is the status of the LVM software? Would it be possible to add
> mirrors to an LVM volume? so that the redundancy is maintained...
>
> How is the filesystem managed, what is the difference here between adding
> new mirror pairs to the end or a concat... (1+0)
>
> James
>
> On 19 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > LVM is the abreveation for logical volume manager; it is used to sum up disks to
>logical volumes (so they seem to be one disk). The advantage to raid0/linear is that
>you can add a disk whenever you want (without building a new filesystem or so).
> >
> > linux.msede.com/lvm is the right URL I think.
> >
> > Greetings, Dietmar
> >
> > >----- Urspr�ngliche Nachricht -----
> > >Absender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Betreff: Re: Linear mode starting with one partition.
> > >Empf�nger: XxEDGExX , Martin Bene
> > >Kopie-Empf�nger: Paul Jakma , [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Datum: 18. Apr 1999 15:22
> > >
> > > >Hmm, I'll look into using LVM first. It seems logical that someone would
> > >
> > >
> > > What's LVM (I'm new to this list)? I'm considering Linear or RAID-0; is LVM
> > > an alternative and where can I get more info, please?
> > >
> > > Regards: Jim Ford
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> James ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> It doesn't run on an open source platform,
> therefore it, by definition, does not matter.
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We all have lack of knowledge...
Dietmar Stein, Systemadministrator UNIX/Linux
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