[rhelv6-beta-list] My first experiences with RHEL6 beta

[John Summerfield]

Jon Masters wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-06-12 at 13:40 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> 
>> While LVM is useful for re-allocating disk space for
>> alternative partition layouts, and its snapshot capability is very
>> useful in some environments, and it can handle this reasonably
>> gracefully, it does absolutely nothing for resizing the filesystems.
> 
> Filesystems can generally be resized (not always live) and then the
> volume that contains them can be resized accordingly. Using LVM provides
> this option, whereas using a raw disk partition or device does not.


The only times I've felt the need to resize filesystems has been when 
replacing disks, because the old one is too small. Generally, I don't 
even have the option of retaining the old one.

The process is to partition new drive, copy data (often using dd), then 
resize target filesystem.

LVM offers me nothing but an extra step or two.




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John

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