1. the space (you could also use /mnt to store mysql data) 2. the snapshot of the DB, with mysql is lock the tables, dump the databases and release the DB. This could take ages for a 10GB database. With LVM it takes few seconds to snapshot your DB as it is filesystem based. See here for infos http://lenz.homelinux.org/mylvmbackup/
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