Paul W. Frields wrote:

On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 06:48 +1300, Vladimir Kosovac wrote:

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Hi people.

Admin guide lists two sections related to disk management:

1] Working with disks and removable storage: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/AdministrationGuide/Disks

2] Managing storage: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/AdministrationGuide/ManagingStora...

I reckon:

• split ''1]'' and move ''working with disks'' to ''2]''
• exclude ''removable storage'' - better suited for inclusion in DUG
• revise the structure of ''2]'' to include:

i. "classical" partitioning /w tools (fdisk, parted, mkfs) ii. mounting, fstab iii. software RAID iv. LVM v. disk quotas

Does this sound like a (cunning) plan?

We should encourage use of LVM. This is now anaconda installation default, but moreover it's a better choice by far when you're administering a system for service provision.

Yes, that's the idea - my plan is to write pretty comprehensive LVM subsection (iv). I also want to include all this other stuff (not so extensively), mostly as a background info and an aid to better understanding of the LVM concept. I've found this more than useful when introducing people to LVM.

Vladimir

On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 21:13 -0800, Richard England wrote:

Vladimir Kosovac wrote:

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Paul W. Frields wrote:

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On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 06:48 +1300, Vladimir Kosovac wrote:

...

Hi people.

Admin guide lists two sections related to disk management:

1] Working with disks and removable storage: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/AdministrationGuide/Disks

2] Managing storage: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/AdministrationGuide/ManagingStora...

I reckon:

• split ''1]'' and move ''working with disks'' to ''2]''
• exclude ''removable storage'' - better suited for inclusion in DUG
• revise the structure of ''2]'' to include:

i. "classical" partitioning /w tools (fdisk, parted, mkfs) ii. mounting, fstab iii. software RAID iv. LVM v. disk quotas

Does this sound like a (cunning) plan?

We should encourage use of LVM. This is now anaconda installation default, but moreover it's a better choice by far when you're administering a system for service provision.

Yes, that's the idea - my plan is to write pretty comprehensive LVM subsection (iv). I also want to include all this other stuff (not so extensively), mostly as a background info and an aid to better understanding of the LVM concept. I've found this more than useful when introducing people to LVM.

Vladimir

Pardon me for intruding, here, but I hop this does not mean that you will be ignoring the "classical" partitioning methods. LVM may be the default but for many situations (non-server and laptops, notably) LVM may not be the optimal solution.

Thanks for all the hard work being put in on this.

I'm sure the writers won't ignore the old partitioning methods, but LVM is recommended for all installations, including laptops and non-servers. Using LVM makes it possible to reallocate space as you need it on any system. I have frequently made use of this capability on my laptop, where the older partitioning method would have created an enormous headache, if not inviting outright disaster. Anaconda defaults to LVM for very good reasons! ;-)