Stephen Harris wrote:
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 03:31:31PM -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
I wouldn't use Ubuntu or any Debian based distro cause it's EVMS just might bugger up the LVM config...
Huh. Dunno what EVMS is, but thanks for the warning!
EVMS is like a storage management framework, that lvm is just a component of. It's very ambitious, but also very complex, and it writes out it's own meta-data for volumes that are managed by it.
Instead of a second machine, how about an external disk enclosure?
You can get them rack mountable or tower based. Look for a nice 15 drive enclosure, then you have room to build 2 arrays...
This is a home server; I'm not made of money :-)
Ah, Ok, well a JBOD enclosure needn't break the bank, especially if it's an empty one. Google around and you can probably find a white box JBOD enclosure that fits your budget. There are even nice desktop enclosures with 4x SATA/SAS connectors for 6 or 8 drives.
-Ross
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