[clug] Partitioning for fun and benefit

[Paul Wayper]

On 25/10/19 10:19 am, Brett Worth wrote:
> On 25/10/19 7:41 am, Paul Wayper via linux wrote:
>> On my home server I have pairs of disks - same size, different manufacturer -
>> mirrored using MDADM.  Then I add those md devices to the LVM as physical
>> volumes.  Should any one disk die, I can easily replace it completely
>> transparently to LVM - while LVM can do mirroring, I've found the process of
>> replacing a disk that dies in a volume group to be fraught with problems.
>> Replacing a drive that dies in an LVM array is much easier.
> 
> I think you meant to say:
> 
> "Replacing a drive that dies in an md array is much easier."

Yes, true :-)

Have fun,

Paul