[HLUG] Multiple disk setup

[Andrew Hodgson]

paul.maddox.mail-list at synth.net wrote:


>> The setup I'm looking at, based on my limited experience and
>> understanding of under-the-bonnet Linux, is as follows:
>>
>> - one 20Gb HSS as /dev/hda1, partioned as /, /boot and swap; to be used
>> for the OS only
>>
>> - two 40Gb drives, which I'd like to 'pair as one',and then mount
>> as /home
>>
>> I'm not looking for parity, backup, striping or similar RAID functions,
>> I just want to have one large 80Gb disk. Am I looking to LVM to achieve
>> the 'pairing' of the two 40Gb drives, so as to be mounted under the same
>> mount point?

>RAID 0

Actually you can use LVM to put two physical volumes (disks) into one logical volume.  Whether this gives the same performance benefits of RAID0 is questionable.

Thanks.
Andrew. 

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