[mythtv-users] LVM RAID 5 partition schemes

[Milan Andric]

On Apr 6, 2005 2:11 PM, dean collins <dean at collins.net.pr> wrote:
> >>You also can't 'add drives as time goes by' to a raid 5.
> >>
> >>
> >unless i use the 'missing' trick?
> >
> >
> nope.
> The only way to add drives is an unsupported program called raidreconf
> or using the (supported) EVMS solution.
> Sean's idea of lots of mini-raid5'ed partitions is very interesting
> though. I haven't thought it through. I think you could do it just using
> 
> the lvm 'move blocks' approach (ie without needing to repeatedly
> shrink/grow the filesystem - just one growfs at the end).
> I'd rate it as lvm/md experts only (which isn't that hard TBH)
> 

Newbie is getting a fuzzy signal here.  Can someone please confirm that
using RAID 5 and LVM one cannot grow a filesystem by adding
a new disk/partition?  

-- 
Milan