Re: Can I make LVM by 1 DASD?

2005-04-16 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 4/14/05, Mrohs, Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can split up the DASD into equally sized minidisks and if you stripe the LV, then Linux will initiate multiple I/Os across howewever many physical volumes (minidisks) you have in the group. Depending on how many paths there are to the

Can I make LVM by 1 DASD?

2005-04-14 Thread mainframe_s390
Hi,all I want to make Logical Volume using only 1 DASD. The DASD type is 3390-27type.(about 32000cyls.) I will make LV via YaST. The 3390-27type DASD will have about 30LVs. Can I make LVs as above? Thank you. K.M. __

Re: Can I make LVM by 1 DASD?

2005-04-14 Thread Rich Smrcina
Yes, that way you can divide up the volume in any way that you want. mainframe_s390 wrote: Hi,all I want to make Logical Volume using only 1 DASD. The DASD type is 3390-27type.(about 32000cyls.) I will make LV via YaST. The 3390-27type DASD will have about 30LVs. Can I make LVs as above? Thank

Re: Can I make LVM by 1 DASD?

2005-04-14 Thread Adam Thornton
On Apr 14, 2005, at 11:08 AM, mainframe_s390 wrote: Hi,all I want to make Logical Volume using only 1 DASD. The DASD type is 3390-27type.(about 32000cyls.) I will make LV via YaST. The 3390-27type DASD will have about 30LVs. Can I make LVs as above? If you're running VM, you can certainly divide

Re: Can I make LVM by 1 DASD?

2005-04-14 Thread Rich Smrcina
Resizing those filesystems would be easier. But being the VM bigot, I prefer the minidisk approach myself. Adam Thornton wrote: On Apr 14, 2005, at 11:08 AM, mainframe_s390 wrote: Hi,all I want to make Logical Volume using only 1 DASD. The DASD type is 3390-27type.(about 32000cyls.) I will make

Re: Can I make LVM by 1 DASD?

2005-04-14 Thread Mrohs, Ray
Mrohs Energy Information Administration U.S. Department of Energy -Original Message- From: Rich Smrcina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:31 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Can I make LVM by 1 DASD? Resizing those filesystems would be easier