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Re: Debian+LVM+RAID



also sprach lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de> [2009.07.09.0707 +0200]:
> Why do you need LVM?

LVM offers features that RAID does not. If you want those features,
you need LVM.

> The RAID array must be partitionable, which is an option you
> eventually need to specify when creating it. I don't know what the
[...]
> To clarify: There are partitionable RAID arrays and
> non-partitionable RAID arrays. When creating a RAID array, you
> need to specify which kind --- partitionable or non-partitionable
> --- you want to create.

Since 2.6.29, all RAIDs are partitionable. Not in lenny though.

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