Re: Adding LVM to an existing system
From: Alan Chandler (alan_at_chandlerfamily.org.uk)
Date: 11/16/05
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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:35:34 +0000
On Tuesday 15 Nov 2005 21:33, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> I currently do not use LVM.
>
> I have a 40GB disk with 3 physical partitions and logical partitions
> 5-11 on the remaining physical partition. Several of the partitions are
> getting full. There is space on the disk. Just over half of the disk
> space is UN-partitioned.
>
> What I need to know is if I am better off to simply juggle the data
> around using parted to increase the size of the paritions, or should I
> install LVM and migrate the data to LVM volumes.
Personally, I have just the root partition as a normal partition and
everything else on two lvm groups. I use two groups because I do disk to disk
backups and I need to ensure that data is on separate physical volumes, but
apart from that I am always creating, destroying or resizing logical volumes
as I change my mind about things.
Root is best left not lvm, because if you have to boot in a rescue disk, its
easier not having to have to lvm tools around to get at root and correct what
ever problem there might be.
(and I tend to use reiserfs just because you can resize to a bigger logical
volume without unmounting the filesystem).
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