Re: new low power server

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Oliver wrote:
>> 3 BBS2 looks interesting but would not want to start fully
populated with disks,
>> could not see if thats possible to just use two or three disks and
add more at a
>> later date.
>>
> What level of RAID would you be using? LVM is the most flexible
approach, but
> perhaps overkill for just four disks.
>

LVM is fab. I use it on my linux server which is currently only using 3
disks (Two 3.5" drives for bulk storage and a small 2.5" boot
drive).
It's so easy to add extra drives or migrate the data to larger drives.
Multiple Logical Volumes allow you to keep data separate (eg. I can just
let zoneminder manage the space on the cctv LV), and file systems
smaller (quicker to run fsck), without the rigidity of disk partitions
(running out of space? Just take the file system offline, increase the
LV size, resize the FS and remount). I'd use it even with a single-disk
system!

Jim


------------------------------------