[clug] Advice: Overlay mounts or LVM tweaking for dual-media storage?

Peter Barker pbarker at barker.dropbear.id.au
Sat Nov 19 02:17:18 MST 2011


On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, steve jenkin wrote:

> I'd like to setup a desktop with "dual media" - two disks of different
> sizes and capabilities.
>
> The 'small fast' disk to be used both as a cache and as primary storage
> for new or modified files.

You could investigate zfs; apparently the Linux port is quite good 
now-adays.  Just be happy with the licensing first...

> steve j

Yours,
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