LVM Question
Arden B. Norder
anorder at nordix.nl
Mon Dec 19 22:14:20 UTC 2005
Hi again,
I think that RedHat is only presenting an example - one would have to taylor
his/her own story to fit their own particular need. /home on a LVM volume is a
gooe idea if it is for file services. /var if it is meant for mail services or
if your system does alot of logging. /var/www or /srv/www if you are an ISP or
hosting alot of content in a intranet situation.
My grandma always used to knit me socks - every year a little bit bigger -
that's Logical Volume Management.
Wierd example but it is the best I can com up with at almost 23:30.
Greetings from Holland . . . g'nite!!
Arden
On Dec 19, 2005 09:31 PM, Mark McCulligh <mmcculli at visualtech.ca> wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 20:10 +0100, Arden B. Norder wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi Mark,
> >>
> >>I use LVM regularly on "mega servers" in much the same way that RedHat is
> >>talking about. I do it in this way because it makes my life alot easier foar
> >>adding space or moving space from one machin to another.
> >>
> >>Gotta like it.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I agree. Having / on a fixed size filesystem isn't generally a problem.
> >I might even say /usr is also OK, unless you like to add lots of new
> >software.
> >
> >That being said however, /home on a multiuser system will rapidly fill
> >up and having it on LVM so you can grow it on the fly is a "good
> >thing". Also, depending on what your system is doing and how careful
> >you are about tracking things, /var (as in /var/log) on an LVM volume
> >can also be useful--logs can grow to be huge farking things.
> >
> >Again, it rather depends on what you're planning to have the system do.
> >For the vast majority of home users, LVM is nice but not really
> >necessary. On large multipurpose server systems, LVM is almost
> >mandatory!
> >
> >
> Using building Web Servers or Email Servers, for the /home using came
> grow fast (sometimes make a /www folder). I was just wondering why in
> Red Hat's manual they would create a LVM Volume Group, then in the
> Logical Volumes they add a fixed /home directory? Because the /home can
> grow the most would not it be better to have it under the / Logical
> Volume for you do not run out of space. Just a little puzzled by Red
> Hat's Example.
>
> >
> >
> >>Greetings from Holland!!! ;)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >And greetings to you as well, from La-La-Land (California)!
> >
> >
> Merry Christmas from Canada! Lots of snow and COLD!
>
> >
> >
> >>On Dec 19, 2005 05:33 PM, Mark McCulligh <mmcculli at visualtech.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi Group,
> >>>
> >>>I am building a server using Software Raid and plan to setup LVM
> >>>(Logical Volume Manager) on the Raid and have a question. I was reading
> >>>the Red Hat manual on LVM and in their example they created a Volume
> >>>Group with Logical Volumes swap, /home and / . Why would you what to
> >>>create the /home mount point? Would not it be better just to have the
> >>>swap and / ? Then /home, /usr. /var, etc.. would share the / storage
> >>>space.
> >>>
> >>>Just wondering why would you use LVM, then fix the size of your /home?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Mark.
> >>>
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Regards / Met vriendelijke groet,
Arden B. Norder
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