Re: [CentOS] LVM

Les Mikesell wrote:

On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 13:40, Johnny Hughes wrote:

Is there a simple way to install the system on LVM-on-top-of-RAID1?

Yes, you simply setup the RAID1 array and then use it as the LVM PV..

I use software RAID1 on two SATA drives and then create the LVM structure on the RAID1 "disk".. Have 3 servers running like this and its great, one was running out of space in /home but had pleanty free in /var so I just reduced the size of /var and added to /home.. The whole process took just a few min..

LVM can also be useful to take backups of volumes where files are constantly changing by using the "snapshot" feature..