[NTLUG:Discuss] LVM is cool!

[Chris Cox]

Lance Simmons wrote:
> I'd heard of Logical Volume Manager (LVM), but it sounded like something
> for large corporations, not for a non-technical home user like me.  In
> fact, though, LVM is perfect for home use!  I wish I'd started using it
> a long time ago.
> 
> What a great idea:  when your partitions get too crowded, you just make
> them larger! :)
> 

LVM is cool.  I just hope we haven't seen the last of a stable
LVM.  The Sistina stuff is ... well... not working too well..
apart from certain implementations of LVM1.  The newer LVM2, while
work is progressing, it has been riddled with bugs and actually
lacks some features found in LVM1.  (LVM2 is planned for the 2.6
dists)

Haven't heard much from the EVMS (IBM's contributed lvm) folks in a
while... certainly do NOT want to lose LVM support as we move into 2.6.