is lvm deprecated?

[Bill Davidsen]

Mike Burger wrote:
>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Mike Burger
>> <mburger at bubbanfriends.org>wrote:

>>> It's actually very simple and painless.
>>
>> I burst out laughing when I read this.
> 
> I'm not sure if I should be happy or unhappy about your
> laughter...especially since my response was born out of nearly 7 years of
> using LVM tools under AIX, and 4 or 5 of doing so under Fedora.
> 
> Which part of my response drove you to laughter, if I may?
> 
The "simple and painless" part. I spent eight years using AIX, and I have 
avoided LVM like Swine Flu. The best I can say about LVM is "comprehensible" 
because I've used LVM. But the fact that LVM *almost* hides the complexity is my 
issue; it doesn't leave everything exposed but it doesn't really cover it 
smoothly. And the idea of having yet another program doing raid, or crypt, just 
somehow leaves me cold.

Guess it's me, I want to either have full control of detail or not need any.

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