From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: holger_zecha@hp.com Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:44:21 +0200 Message-Id: Subject: [linux-lvm] LVM 0.8 and reiser filesystem MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=openmail-part-17f5e685-00000002 Sender: owner-linux-lvm Errors-To: owner-linux-lvm List-Id: To: linux-lvm@msede.com --openmail-part-17f5e685-00000002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; name="BDY.RTF" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="BDY.RTF" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, unfortunately, LVM 0.8final (in the following only called LVM) is not usable in production environments. We're thinking about using Linux in SAP mixed environments. Now we use NT as plattform for applikationservers and HP-UX as database server. We are doing some tests with Linux as Applikation Server in the near future. Are you going to implement mirroring in Linux LVM ? Why is it such a big= problem to have the root filesystem on a LVM volume ? There is no easy way to get mirrored disks with LVM, only without LVM, but there it's not possible to resize partitions. So we see these two points as big disadvantages: a) root Filesystem not on LVM b) no mirroring. Are there any solutions in the near future ? Best regards Holger Zecha --openmail-part-17f5e685-00000002 Content-Type: application/rtf; name="BDY.RTF" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="BDY.RTF" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 e1xydGYxXGFuc2lcYW5zaWNwZzEyNTJcZGVmZjBcZGVmbGFuZzEwMzN7XGZvbnR0Ymx7XGYw XGZtb2Rlcm5cZmNoYXJzZXQwIENvdXJpZXIgTmV3O319DQpcdmlld2tpbmQ0XHVjMVxwYXJk XGYwXGZzMjAgSGVsbG8sXHBhcg0KXHBhcg0KdW5mb3J0dW5hdGVseSwgTFZNIDAuOGZpbmFs IChpbiB0aGUgZm9sbG93aW5nIG9ubHkgY2FsbGVkIExWTSkgaXMgbm90IHVzYWJsZSBpbiBw cm9kdWN0aW9uIGVudmlyb25tZW50cy5ccGFyDQpXZSdyZSB0aGlua2luZyBhYm91dCB1c2lu ZyBMaW51eCBpbiBTQVAgbWl4ZWQgZW52aXJvbm1lbnRzLiBOb3cgd2UgdXNlIE5UIGFzIHBs YXR0Zm9ybSBmb3IgYXBwbGlrYXRpb25zZXJ2ZXJzIGFuZCBIUC1VWCBhcyBkYXRhYmFzZSBz ZXJ2ZXIuIFdlIGFyZSBkb2luZyBzb21lIHRlc3RzIHdpdGggTGludXggYXMgQXBwbGlrYXRp b24gU2VydmVyIGluIHRoZSBuZWFyIGZ1dHVyZS5ccGFyDQpBcmUgeW91IGdvaW5nIHRvIGlt cGxlbWVudCBtaXJyb3JpbmcgaW4gTGludXggTFZNID8gV2h5IGlzIGl0IHN1Y2ggYSBiaWcg cHJvYmxlbSB0byBoYXZlIHRoZSByb290IGZpbGVzeXN0ZW0gb24gYSBMVk0gdm9sdW1lID9c cGFyDQpUaGVyZSBpcyBubyBlYXN5IHdheSB0byBnZXQgbWlycm9yZWQgZGlza3Mgd2l0aCBM Vk0sIG9ubHkgd2l0aG91dCBMVk0sIGJ1dCB0aGVyZSBpdCdzIG5vdCBwb3NzaWJsZSB0byBy ZXNpemUgcGFydGl0aW9ucy5ccGFyDQpTbyB3ZSBzZWUgdGhlc2UgdHdvIHBvaW50cyBhcyBi aWcgZGlzYWR2YW50YWdlczpccGFyDQphKSByb290IEZpbGVzeXN0ZW0gbm90IG9uIExWTVxw YXINCmIpIG5vIG1pcnJvcmluZy5ccGFyDQpccGFyDQpBcmUgdGhlcmUgYW55IHNvbHV0aW9u cyBpbiB0aGUgbmVhciBmdXR1cmUgP1xwYXINClxwYXINCkJlc3QgcmVnYXJkc1xwYXINClxw YXINCkhvbGdlciBaZWNoYVxwYXINCn0NCgA= --openmail-part-17f5e685-00000002--