[mythtv-users] Anyone using LVM2 w/ ext3 for video storage

[MagicITX]

I agree that LVM is good but whether RAID is a waste or not depends on
how you intend to use your system.  Performance may not be an issue
but data reliability could be.

For example if you're using your systems as a video or music library. 
Maybe you've ripped and transcoded hundreds of dvd's or thousands of
cd's and don't want to lose the data because of the time invested.  Or
maybe you have all the shows of a TV series recorded (e.g. the old
Outer Limits shows) and it may be very difficult to reproduce.

Once we get into the realm of huge storage, the things we can do with
our systems greatly expands.  But the likelihood that we can backup
the data diminishes.

On Apr 1, 2005 8:37 AM, David <myth at dgreaves.com> wrote:
> PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
> 
> >Related to this, I just picked up a new mobo last night with a
> >250gb sata drive.  The mobo has hardware raid (promise) and
> >
> >
> no it doesn't (promise!)
> I'll dig up refs later - google for 'jeff garzik software raid'
> 
> >But, having said that, can I set
> >this up and then add other drives to the Raid array
> >
> possibly but not a good idea
> 
> >
> >and LVM later?
> >
> yes, if you set lvm up now
> 
> >  I know having a 1 drive RAID
> >array does absolutely nothing, but having LVM
> >set up with only one drive allows me to add drives
> >to this without having to erase all the data on that
> >drive when I want to do LVM...I already did that
> >dance once...
> >
> >
> yes - excellent idea
> 
> >Is having a hardware RAID and LVM overkill?
> >
> >
> hardware raid is a waste of time - lvm isn't
> 
> David
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