For anyone interested in LVM, here is an article I wrote a while back. https://medium.com/@michaelewan/the-joy-of-using-the-logical-volume-manager-with-linux-f1768e5413ef
On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM Paul Heinlein <heinl...@madboa.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Aug 2025, wes wrote: > > > I would suggest only using LVM if you plan to actually take advantage of > > its features. there is no benefit to just having an LVM volume in the same > > capacity as you would have a traditional partition. and a significant > > disadvantage if things go wrong in the future. > > This is good advice. > > > take advantage of its features > > Among these, I'd specifically include > > * altering the size of your filesystems > * integrating new disks into your filesystems > * snapshot-based backups > > If you have local disk capacity far beyond what you currently need, > LVM would provide a handy way to right-size your current filesystems > while giving yourself a lot of flexibility for future expansion. > > -- > Paul Heinlein > heinl...@madboa.com > 45°22'48" N, 122°35'36" W
