echo y | mdadm -C /dev/md9 -n2 /dev/sda11 /dev/sdb11 -l0 pvcreate /dev/md9 vgcreate test /dev/md9 vgdisplay | grep 'Total PE' Total PE 1686 lvcreate -i2 -l1686 -nlogvol test Using default stripesize 64,00 KB Number of stripes (2) must not exceed number of physical volumes (1) //ooops! :) // lvcreate -l1686 -nlogvol test Logical volume "logvol" created mkfs.xfs /dev/test/logvol mount /dev/test/logvol /test time cp /test.rnd /test real 0m54.547s user 0m0.046s sys 0m7.118s sync time mv /test.rnd /test real 0m46.863s user 0m0.067s sys 0m7.045s sync time mv /test/test.rnd / real 1m27.282s user 0m0.063s sys 0m13.456s BOTTOM LINE: (LVM and RAID-0 are taken rom the prev. tests. The new one here is only RAID-0+LVM) cp /test.rnd /test LVM: 20.78 [MB/s] RAID-0: 33.41 [MB/s] RAID+LVM: 27.49 [MB/s] mv /test.rnd /test LVM: 29.04[MB/s] RAID-0: 31.56[MB/s] RAID+LVM: 32.00 [MB/s] time mv /test/test.rnd / LVM: 17.089 [MB/s] RAID-0: 27.84[MB/s] RAID+LVM: 17.185 [MB/s]