Re: to lvm or not lvm is my dillema
Jeff Lightner via Ale <[email protected]>
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I like LVM because it allows one to quickly change layouts without having to undo anything. One can add to an existing LV more easily than to existing partitions. One also doesn't run up against partition boundaries causing issues when a new filesystem is needed. A new LV can be added so long as you have space. I got in the habit of setting up LVM even on single drives (often the primary drive in a server) because of events where original partitioning became an issue later in the server's life. Also I did LVM even on top of disks presented by SAN or NAS as we found it made migrating the PVs/LVs from one server to another easier. It came in quite handy when migrating Oracle cluster environments to newer servers as I learned the hard way early on. We used the SAN to set RAID level but then used LVM to make the presented LUNs PVs and laid out LVs on those. Funny: I first learned of LVM on HP-UX. The concept seemed silly to me until I got familiar with using it. "You want me to make all my disks a single Physical Volume (PV) then slice it up into Logical Volumes (LVs). How does that make more sense than just partitioning in the first place. -----Original Message----- From: Ale <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Calvin Harrigan via Ale Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2026 4:52 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Calvin Harrigan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ale] to lvm or not lvm is my dillema Depends. What do you want to do? Simply, do you want to create a single 512GB volume (Linear/JBOD), or something more intricate like striping(raid 0) or mirroring(raid1). Understanding there are pros and cons for each approach. On 1/1/2026 4:44 PM, Narahari Lakshminarayana via Ale wrote: > Friends: > > I am installing DEBIAN on my ASUS motherboard based desktop. > I am at the stage where it is asking me to partition the disks. > > NVMe-1 blank 256GB > NVMe-2 Window 11 exists from broken laptop 256GB > > Does it make sense to install LVM ? > > What does it get me ? > > -N > > _______________________________________________ > Ale mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale > See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at > http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo -- Calvin Harrigan _______________________________________________ Ale mailing list [email protected] https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo _______________________________________________ Ale mailing list [email protected] https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo