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[Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carlos E. R. wrote:

> > > > But it forces to repartition the entire drive, and I don't feel LVM
> > > > is as safe.
> > >
> > > It's not, which is why I don't use it.
> > >
> > > All LVM partitions rely on the filesystem holding the LVM table
> > > to remain uncorrupted.  Corruption on *THAT* filesystem can
> > > very well destroy your LVM partitioning. :-/
> >
> > Any other suggestions for something that will let me expand my
> > filesystem on my systems that must be kept running 365x24?
> >
> > LVM and EVMS are both actually used quite a lot because they solve a
> > real problem. Similar systems have been in use in e.g. AIX and HPUX
> > for over 10 years.
>
> That's true, but it is not a solution for those of us having twenty
> physical partitions already in a drive.

Whether it is the right solution for you or someoneelse is a different
issue. I was responding to the suggestion that LVM is not safe.  



/Per Jessen, Zürich

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