[mdlug] Linux Desktops For Sale

[Brian]

I've only had one lvm catastrophe and that was of my own doing due to
breaking an md raid that was a pv.  Even so I was able to restore
order by activating the disk group with --partial and forcing the
correct pvids with pvcreate.

On 7/2/09, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jonathan Billings wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 04:30:56PM -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>>> That's all great and fine for systems that are backed up
>>> on a regular basis (which home systems generally AREN't)
>>>
>>> But what happens when the LVM config data gets hosed for
>>> whatever reason?
>>>
>>> Partition tables rarely get hosed.
>>>
>>> I have, unfortunately, had to pick up the pieces of more
>>> than one LVM disaster (and these machines were from industry
>>> leaders, like Sequent and HP).  Without backup tapes, the
>>> whole thing would have been unrecoverable.
>>>
>>> I would NEVER suggest LVM for *any* user who doesn't do
>>> regular backups (at least once per week).
>>
>> I realize you've had bad experience with some sort of logical volume
>> management.  We've discussed this before on-list.  Linux's LVM has
>> really matured.  The LVM config is stored in multiple places in the
>> partition.  You make it seem like it could blow up at the slightest
>> provocation, which is simply not the case.
>>
>
> No, I did not say it could "blow up at the slightest provocation."
> What i'm just saying that when LVM fails, it's a mess, kind of
> like Humpty-Dumpty.
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Brian
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