Re: [SLUG] raid1 mdadm or lvm mirror's

[Matthew Hannigan <mlh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 07:47:35PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> [ ...]
> I have some data that I don't really care if it dies/get lost.  I can't do that 
> on a lv by lv basis with my original setup.
> 
> I haven't had much experience with lvm mirrors, should I stick with my original 
> setup or go with the new ?

I think if I was to mirror on my home machine now, I would do
lv mirroring for the reason you mention; you just don't need
everything mirrored.  

In fact I don't mirror at all at the moment; I just rsync the more
valuable stuff.

Matt