Re: [tlug] server partitions, LVM, and Xen

["emiddleton@example.com" <emiddleton@example.com>]

Keith Bawden wrote:
>> > You could also use have your Virtual Block Device  based on a normal
>> > physical partition.
>>
>> You could but then you couldn't resize it or easily remove it.
>
> For sure this is pretty much true. LVM is great for giving the
> flexibility to split volumes over physical devices, grow and shrink
> them and all that jazz. I have used LVM in the past, but pretty much
> stopped using it after I realised that I rarely used any of the above
> mentioned features.

I would add to that.

* making test filesystems for xen
* changing the partitioning scheme of an existing system
* converting existing system to software raid.
* easily moving existing partitions to new hard drives.

Edward