On 1 Jun 2006 at 16:18, jdd wrote: > Lenz Grimmer wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi, > > > > jdd wrote: > > > > > >>if you can garanty that one hard drive failure won't make me lose all my > >>data, I'ok (I have several HD, of course, each with part of my system) > > > > > > In what respect would that be different from a hard disk failure with > > regular partitions? Are you implying that using LVM increases the risk > > of data loss? Please elaborate. > > AFAIK, if LVM uses 4 disks and one of them fails, the hole > file system is lost. With the usual system only the file > system on the faulty disk is lost.
If you have one filesystem spanning 4 disks, then yes. Otherwise: no. Maybe it's even partially available. Regards, Ulrich --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
