[mythtv] mutliple storage directories idea... ?

[Kevin Kuphal]

mythtv at merkx.demon.nl wrote:

>>>LVM does not work across multiple server machines.  I could
>>>certainly posit wanting to use the 200G drives from 5 different
>>>servers and NFS mounting them.  You can't combine them with
>>>LVM.
>>>
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>>>
>>I wonder if you could use iSCSI to share the drives from multiple
>>servers and combine them with LVM
>>
>>Kevin
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>Yes, you could, but only on a block level. All servers would always need
>to be up-and-running simultaneously, otherwise LVM will not activate the
>volumegroup.
>Also, the contents of the disks would only make sense on the server
>running LVM: it would not be possible to access the data on one of the
>other 5 servers.
>
>So: although possible, probably not a good idea.
>  
>
True.  Once I sent it I starting thinking, jeez, a reboot would really 
mess that LVM up.

:)