Subject: Re: Logical Volume Management for NetBSD
To: Louis Guillaume <lguillaume@berklee.edu>
From: Peter Eisch <peter@boku.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/17/2006 11:54:08
On 8/17/06 11:18 AM, "Louis Guillaume" <lguillaume@berklee.edu> wrote:

> Actually there's another level of abstaction: the `Logical Partition'
> (LP). This allows for multiple copies of a PP within the VG. They can be
> striped across several PVs or mirrored etc. I've only ever used 1 PP per LP.
> 

I've used this feature to migrate LPs from one set of spindles onto another.
You can also migrate LPs, but this might be a safer maneuver when doing
things that are live in production (like databases and such).

> Despite my very limited capacity as a programmer, I'd be willing to help
> in this effort.

I too would help in whatever capacity I can.

peter