On 07/27/2010 06:01 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
--- On Tue, 7/27/10, Bill Davidsen<davidsen(a)tmr.com> wrote:
> Patrick Bartek wrote:
>> [snip]
>> I never could see any advantage to LVMs (over "real"
> partitions) other than being able to resize them while they
> are mounted.
>>
> They do make it easy to move stuff to new hardware, that
> can be important as a
> time saving if you have to do it often.
Easier than using cp or dd or rsync, etc.? How much easier can it get?
I guess it all depends on what you're accustomed to.
If you set them up properly, the "snapshot" bit can be very useful, too.
Saved my bacon a couple of times.
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