[mythtv-users] Better think twice before choosing an FS especially for LVM

[Tom Lichti]

Brandon Beattie wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 04:08:02PM -0400, Tom Lichti wrote:
>   
>> But you wouldn't need to shrink the filesystem to replace the disk with 
>> RAID5, if you use enough disks (minimum 3). Of course there is a trade 
>> off in terms of available data space, but if what you put on there is 
>> important to you, it's worth it. At least for me it was. Performance is 
>> increased as well, since you have more spindles to read and write from 
>> simultaneously.
>>     
>
> .. You need to re-read what I said.  My point was not avoiding a failed
> disk problem.  My point even exists if you simply want to remove a disk,
> for any reason -- You can't unless you're going to put a new disk in its
> place, that is the problem/hidden pitfall to XFS, JFS, and Reiser4 with
> LVM.  I have no desire to get into the raid debate because it's
> completely unrelated to the problem I brought up.  If you're curious why
> I chose not to do raid, e-mail me and I'll explain off-list.
>   
Ok, makes sense. I've used both RAID and LVM (sometimes together) I am 
just more comfortable with RAID, even though it does limit some things. 
And yes, lets not turn this into a vi vs. emacs thread... :)

Tom