[wellylug] LVM, Striping or not to strip...

[Donald Gordon]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:21:47 +1200, "Nathan Cook" <adrenalinenz at gmail.com> wrote:

> I need to know what the difference is in using LVM with striping or
> just LVM. I realise what striping is but will this allow me to remove
> a drive and replace it if need be, and move the data of a drive that
> needs to be replaced? What other caveats could there be?

Striping will provide performance benefits, but won't make it any
easier to remove a drive (and such changes will quite possibly negate
the performance benefits provided).  Google for the word "striping" if
you want to know what it does :P

donald
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