Hi Les, On 29/09/11 22:25, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:19 PM,<m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> When I build, our PXEboot ks partitions and labels the partitions. When I >> add or replace, I make the partition, the fs, and e2label them. I've >> gotten to really appreciate labeling. I hate the UUIDs - they're >> ludicrously too long, and bear no relationship to what device they are, or >> where they go. > > What happens when you move the disks around among machines? Or don't > you ever do that after they contain data? Why would you move disks around machines unless you're recovering them after a failure? Then just make sure they don't exist on the recovery server. Maybe it's the way the machines I get involved are used, they're mostly database servers and their lifetime are measured in 3-5 years so once they're up and running, not a lot of people touches them. If a disk is being moved around, it gets decomissioned and wiped out first, not after. Also if you stick to more descriptive labels I think you'd be safe over the long run. Just don't call all of them "data". :-)