From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FVUyx-0006fS-W1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:45:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k3HEjNte011511; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:45:23 GMT Received: from flower.jolet.net (cpe-24-27-31-221.austin.res.rr.com [24.27.31.221]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k3HEfEtx029966 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:41:15 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by flower.jolet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4E521803D for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:41:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from flower.jolet.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (flower.jolet.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00320-03 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:41:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.1.51] (unknown [192.168.1.1]) by flower.jolet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B227318035 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:41:13 -0500 (CDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) In-Reply-To: <200604170934.11796.bss03@volumehost.net> References: <B001168A-13B7-44A3-90A1-528498E08393@jolet.net> <200604170934.11796.bss03@volumehost.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <F8D034FC-41A8-455B-BED3-D9F02BF18992@jolet.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Jolet <john@jolet.net> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] evms Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:41:39 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at jolet.net X-Archives-Salt: d61b4a9e-632e-4476-8a4d-fbdbe1780e4b X-Archives-Hash: 0dc11bac3ba8039805edf833b9537e08 On Apr 17, 2006, at 9:34 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 17 April 2006 09:14, John Jolet <john@jolet.net> wrote > about '[gentoo-user] evms': >> Trying to set up a new server using evms, but the howto on the gentoo >> site seems very old and incomplete. >> basically, i've got 3 hot-swappable scsi drives, but no raid >> controller.. I want to end up with lvm logical volumes on top of a >> software raid-5. but getting there with evms is presenting me some >> issues. FYI, i've been an aix system adminstrator for over 10 years, >> so i'm very familiar with lvm concepts and applications..just trying >> to translate that process into evms terms. > > In your situation, I'd get rid of evms, it's not needed. Use mdadm to > create a raid5 volume from your 3 drives, then use the command-line > lvm > tools to create a pv, vg, and all the lvs you want. well, that's what i've done in the past. seemed to me that evms was the direction things were going, and thought i'd give it a test drive. is it your opinion that evms does not add any value in terms of resizing logical volumes and volume groups, etc? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list