[CentOS] partitions vs. LVs [was: Re: How to upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2]
Nikolaos Milas
nmilas at noa.gr
Sun Jun 24 18:56:43 UTC 2012
On 24/6/2012 7:47 μμ, Keith Roberts wrote:
> And what happens then in that situation - do you loose any
> more data than you would loose with 'standard' primary and
> extended logical partitions, or does using LVM help in
> recovering more data from a bad disk?
Read: http://serverfault.com/questions/279571/lvm-dangers-and-caveats
In a few words, if your hardware is high-quality, i.e. reliable enough
so you don't expect problems, LVM adds important functionality and
flexibility on servers.
In any case, the need for good backups should not be overlooked. For
example, mondorescue allows both full and incremental backups, using LVM
or not.
Nick
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