[CentOS] FW: FDISK Help please in Centos 4.3

Fri Aug 18 13:17:41 UTC 2006
William L. Maltby <BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com>

On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 10:06 -0300, Nicholas Anderson wrote:
> Rajeev R Veedu wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible to create one raid volume of 3.3 TB (9550SX-8lp X 
> > WD5000YS – 8nos) and create a file system with ext3? (CentOs4.3 64bit)
> >
> ><snip>


> you should try creating an LVM instead of creating a partition ....
> with LVM you dont need to create a partition ... you can use the whole 
> device ....

You don't need LVM either. You can use the whole raw disk. *BUT*, using
LVM has some advantages, like being able to extend the volume group with
new/other disks as needed.

Unless there is some *severe* performance concerns related to LVM, I
would go with that too, as Nicholas suggests.

Just wanted you to know that you had the option of no partition and no
lvm.

BTW, if it is a bootable unit, you will probably want at lease one small
partition or will need LVM. Raw partition will not suffice.

> 
> <snip>

HTH
-- 
Bill
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060818/147b8f03/attachment-0005.sig>