[CentOS] LVM hatred, was Re: /boot on a separate partition?

[Gordon Messmer]

On 06/23/2015 09:15 AM, Jason Warr wrote:
>> That said, I prefer virtual machines over multiboot environments, and I
>> absolutely despise LVM --- that cursed thing is never getting on my
>> drives. Never again, that is...
>
> I'm curious what has made some people hate LVM so much.

I wondered the same thing, especially in the context of someone who 
prefers virtual machines.  LV-backed VMs have *dramatically* better disk 
performance than file-backed VMs.