Do you allocate all disk space to logical volumes during installation?

Joey Prestia joey at linuxamd.com
Tue Sep 23 14:09:45 UTC 2008


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Erling Ringen Elvsrud wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> It is often hard to know how much space is needed for
> different mount points. Increasing the size of a filesystem is commonly
> described as a safer operation than reducing the size. Do you think
> saving space (not absolutely needed) for later is a good idea / common practice?
> 
> It will probably cause a bit more filsystem resize (increase) operations but
> flexibility will be gained and symlinking / non standard placement
> of files may be avoided. A bit free space in the volume-group also gives space
> to lvm-snapshots if desired.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Erling Ringen Elvsrud
> 

It is a very good practice to use LVM partitions for any that you
believe may need to grow later down the road. And we never partition the
whole disk. You may never need it. But if you do need that space later
it is invaluable to not have to shut down a machine and add a drive. I
have found It to be very handy to have the foresight to do this and used
it many times to be advantageous.

Best,

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