LVM + RAID follow up

dsr at tao.merseine.nu dsr at tao.merseine.nu
Thu Nov 9 05:40:47 EST 2006


On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 10:09:33PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote:
> Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> >LVM is another way to accomplish RAID0, so I'd question
> >whether you want a true RAID-0 vs. just using LVM.
> 
> I don't think that's the case. Both may have the side effect of creating 
> a volume that spans multiple physical disks, but I believe only RAID 0 
> actually uses striping to distribute the data across the physical disks.

man lvcreate, look at the -I option. Striping.

-dsr-

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