On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 20:40:54 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > LVM and RAID are completely different animals. No one suggested using > > it for any reasons of data security, running LVM on a RAID array > > gives both security and flexibility. As for being able to add space > > to RAID, you can't temporarily add a new volume whenever you want, > > you have to go out and buy another drive, then power down the > > computer to fit it, assuming there is room in the case for an extra > > drive. > > no need to power down - and you can add and remove drives. Read man > mdadm.
Assuming your controller supports hotplugging, assuming you have a drive available to plug in, assuming you are able to physically add a drive. -- Neil Bothwick Pound for pound, the amoeba is the most vicious animal on the earth.
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