On Sunday 22 March 2009 08:36:31 Francesco Talamona wrote: > > With or without LVM if you lose a drive then you've lost the data on > > it. LVM does have the capability of assembling a partially damaged > > volume group just not a partially damaged logical volume which, when > > you think about it, makes sense. > > > > And you can also throw in the standard warning about backing up your > > data. > > The point is that LVM adds an extra layer of complexity.
Apparently you have not considered the enormous complexity inside the drive itself. The added complexity of LVM is tiny in comparison to what goes on there. LVM adds flexibility at the cost of one more thing to think about. You should already be performing backups and have redundancy plans (keeping in mind that it is a sheer miracle of modern science that the drive even works at all) For the occasional case where LVM does fail you. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
