On 06/10/31 15:04 (GMT-0500) James Oakley apparently typed:
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 3:18 pm, Felix Miata wrote:
On 06/10/31 14:39 (GMT-0400) James Oakley apparently typed:
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 2:36 pm, Felix Miata wrote:
My disks average upwards of 20 partitions each, a number which continues to climb. This 24/7 system has two disks, with 43 and 18 partitions. My other 24/7 system has 1 disk with 22 partitions. There's simply no way for those numbers to be reduced as long as disk sizes keep escalating.
If you need so many partitions, why are you not using LVM?
I have no knowledge of any way LVM could do anything but increase complication. My backup strategy is heavily dependent on cloning disks and partitions across 20 machines as much as 8-10 years old having various multiboot mixtures of OS/2, DOS, doz, and Linux.
Even more reason for LVM in addition to Xen/Qemu or VMware.
It's less reason, not more reason.
You can consolidate your old machines into a couple of good ones and do your full disk backups with minimal downtime using the LVM tools (no downtime in some cases). That approach also allows you to light up your virtual machines immediately on any of your boxes in case one goes down.
It's an enticing idea, but it's unworkable, and it's atithetical to the object of many copies spread among the many failure prone devices. HDs are hopelessly unreliable in the long run, and yet the best we have available. It's unworkable because a reason, among others, for having many systems, is to be able to reproduce as many hardware/OS permutations as possible. Then there's the additional complication that only one of them has sufficient RAM to support an insanely RAM hungry virtual machine environment. Lastly, I see LVM as additional complication, not simplification. Life with multiple systems is complicated enough without the addition of that extra layer, or concentrating more dependance on fewer failure prone physical devices. -- "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped." Psalm 28:7 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org