Re: [Devel] LVM partitioning configuration?

[Finn-Arne Johansen <faj@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 03:37:58PM +0200, Harald Thingelstad wrote:
> fredag 20. juni 2003, 13:31, skrev Finn-Arne Johansen:
> > On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:38:33AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> > > Right.
> > > I've changed all profiles except the standalone ones to use LVM on
> > > /var and /usr.  We will have to test how that works out.  But should
> > > swap be on LVM as well?
> > why not ?
> Because swap areas are so easy to manage anyway. 
> As long as you provide the system with the amount of swap area it needs,
> you can create and remove them to your hearts content. 
> You can have as much of a running system as you want. (Just expect it to
> lag somewhat as you turn off a swap area the kernel is currently using.
> It's got to move a lot of data.)
> 
> Managing swap areas on logical volumes is similar to putting them on 
> file partitions. It's easy to do and gives you better flexibility, but it's a 
> waste of good resources.
> 

I give you one reason why: 
It eases the creation and managing of swraid

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