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From: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
To: Matt Stegman <mas9483@cis.ksu.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:05:15 +1100 (EST)
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Subject: Re: partitions for RAID volumes?
In-Reply-To: message from Matt Stegman on Wednesday February 21
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On Wednesday February 21, mas9483@cis.ksu.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Neil Brown wrote:


Paragraph 1
> > Using this, I can RAID1 hda and hdc together as md0 == mda and then
> > partition it up as mda1 (root) mda2 (swap) mda3 (other).  And if I
> > have too, I can boot off either drive individually with any raid
> > happening.
> 

Paragraph 2
> Is there any particular reason to prefer this over LVM?  With 2.4, LVM can
> be a layer atop of software RAID, allowing for multiple volumes, online
> volume resizing, and other cool things.
> 
> -Matt Stegman
> <mas9483@cis.ksu.edu>
> 


Paragraph 1 is my answer to paragraph 2.

Also, I don't particularly want to use LVM.  Partitions work fine for
me.  I don't need to learn new tools.

It's about choice.

NeilBrown
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