On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 4:28 PM, James A. Peltier <jpeltier at sfu.ca> wrote: > People who understand how to use the system do not suffer these problems. LVM adds a bit of complexity for a bit of extra benefits. You can't blame LVM for user error. Not having monitoring in place or backups is a user problem, not an LVM one. It's a good point. Suggesting the OP's problem is an example why LVM should not be used, is like saying dropped laptops is a good example why laptops shouldn't be used. A fair criticism is whether LVM should be used by default with single disk system installations. I've always been suspicious of this choice. (But now, even Apple does this on OS X by default, possibly as a prelude to making full volume encryption a default - their "LVM" equivalent implements encryption as an LV level attribute called logical volume family.) -- Chris Murphy