Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1125 mails)

[Anton Aylward <opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carl Hartung said the following on 05/06/2012 10:28 PM:

> > > Some of that is so wrong as misleading that its not worth discussing.
> > >
> > > That you can screw-up something though ignorance and inexperience
> > > applies just as much to RAID as LVM ... or anything else for that
> > > matter -- there are many examples of that in the software world!

> Anton, I'd recommend you actually study the lengthy thread at John's
> link. Overall, the comments there are quite positive about LVM2 in
> spite of some specific caveats (see 'pvmove data loss', in
> particular, plus a decidedly steep(er) learning curve, even for admins.)

I did, and as you quote rightly observe, the COMMENTS are positive. But
some of the ARTICLE is wrong and misleading.  You point - LVM2 - is also
pertinent.  Many of the criticisms of LVM therein applied to LVM1.

Having tried both, I'd say that some forms of RAID have a steep learning
curve as well :-)  Once you get beyond a certain level of complexity and
criticality, there is a lot of software that is not for beginners.  I
get that feeling with GIMP, for example.  I've got the beginners books
but nothing in them is what I actually want to do ...

Don't get me started on the options available for GPG ....
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