Jeff Hahn wrote:
>
> >under Linux you can use another partitioning scheme too, BSD
> disklabels.
> >But any nontrivial combination of block ranges needs something like
> >LINEAR. But otherwise i aggree that there might be place for a new RAID
> >level called 'SPLICE' or the ability to partition a RAID device as
> well.
> >
> > Ingo
>
> On a "general use" system, as opposed to a "dedicated server" like a
> news server, it might be really helpful to be able to partition a raid
> device. I'm getting ready to build a new box this week and would love
> to be about to throw 5 4 gig drives in there and have a 16 gig drive
> space and deal with the partitioning after that.
There is a logical volume manager for linux available, which is
currently in alpha? state, see http://linux.msede.com/lvm. I think
that's what you want.
Kersten
>
> I could build a basic box, leave a large amount of free space and later
> partition that extra space as the use became more defined. I would know
> that all the partitions would be protected by the raid software, without
> defining and creating multiple raid partitions.
>
> -Jeff
