Re: [gentoo-user] Advice about setting up split home directory

[Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net>]

Alan E. Davis wrote:
> Norberto and  Josh:
>
> Thank you for the suggestion.  It's on the back burner.  I have the 
> space to experiment with it now.  I have balked for the time being on 
> basis of, partly, my need to be able to swap drives in and out, and 
> have it clear in mind which partitions belong to what.  Also my main 
> drive is a 10000 RPM faster drive, and I'd like to keep the partitions 
> or directories that are mainly for storage separated.  I really do 
> notice a difference in the performance of the drive.  this is somewhat 
> of a conundrum: how to keep the current projects focused on the faster 
> drive.  
>
> Interestingly (to me) while I carefully planned for swap on the faster 
> drive, since I moved to 2GB of RAM, I think I've only touched swap two 
> or three times, and then only passingly! 
>
> I definitely wouldn't want to put / into LVM. 
>
> If I do LVM it will be the easy way, the most clearcut way.

As one that's used LVM and other similar software in both Windows and 
the BSDs, be sure you understand the risk involved.  While the idea of 
"one big drive" sounds appealing (which is why I used it), lose one 
drive and you lose everything in the LV unless you are mirroring, using 
parity, or some combination of both.  I have been bit by this time and 
time again and have finally decided that LVM is not worth the hassle for 
me any longer, especially since a 1 TB drive can be found easily for 
less than $200 (US).

Anyway, I'm not knocking those who use LVM.  Just understand the risk.  :)

Cheers,

Drew

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