At Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:07:39 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Juergen Gotteswinter <j...@internetx.de> > wrote: > > > * snaphotting (great for db backup) > > * resizing partition > > * "online" partitioning > > I didn't know LVM would do snapshots -- I'll have to look into that. > But I'm guessing the feature is pretty much worthless if the whole > hard drive is taken up by one LVM partition -- which has been my > CentOS default setups. Yes, the *default* setup is just plain wrong, and in general should NOT be used. Yes, the default works (one big happy filesystem), and actually might make sense for a virtual server, but otherwise no. See http://www.deepsoft.com/2006/03/partitioning-for-linux/ for some thoughts on partitioning for Linux (also applies to LVM volumes). > > Thanks. > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database hel...@deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
