On Sun, 24 Jun 2012, Nikolaos Milas wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: Nikolaos Milas <nmilas at noa.gr> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] partitions vs. LVs [was: Re: How to upgrade from 5.8 to > 6.2] > > 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. Thanks for that link Nick - I have bookmarked that. I'm looking for work as a Linux System Administrator so will check that out as well. Kind Regards, Keith ----------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------