[TriLUG] LVS and RAID

[Sinner from the Prairy]

On Thursday 09 January 2003 09:02 am, Ryan Leathers wrote:
> Yes sir, I began using LVM on Linux about 5 months ago on some Dell "big
> iron" SMP hardware RAID systems running Redhat 7.3
> Most of these systems have a mirror set for the OS and RAID 5 for the
> applications.

Sonds like a familiar setting :)

> Since I come from an HP-UX background I had sorely missed the benefits
> of LVM in Linux.  

I feel your (past) pain.

> After catching an article about improved stability in
> LVM for Linux I decided to try it out on a Redhat 7.3 development box.
> It compiled, configured, and performed on this test system without a
> hitch.  I added physical drives, removed drives from a RAID set and
> placed them in another, you name it I tried it.  LVM allowed me to grow
> and shrink volumes without concern for the hardware RAID.  

That's its beauty. And its usefuleness.

> After a few
> weeks I was so pleased with the results I moved 4 production servers to
> LVM.  Again, everything went flawlessly.  When I set up my first Redhat
> 8.0 server, much to my delight, I found that LVM was built in.  I have
> been running 3 Redhat 8.0 servers and 4 Redhat 7.3 servers, all with
> large hardware RAIDS, for a few months now and couldn't be more pleased
> with the results.

Thank you, sir!. This will help me push for LVM.

> Ryan


Salut,
Sinner
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