Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 09:19:18 -0500 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: nicodache <nicodache@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LVM2 under FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20080907141918.GB18709@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <82029aed0809070709n65f67632qcfd4cd3fbdda22f@mail.gmail.com> References: <82029aed0809070709n65f67632qcfd4cd3fbdda22f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 02:09:42PM +0000, nicodache wrote: > Hello all, > > I'd like to use something like LVM under FreeBSD, as I have a server > running FBSD 7 and I don't know what space to give to what partition, > and as I plan on installing postfix+courier-imap soon, I'd like to > have some way to share the 235GB left on my drive between /home (legal > torrents), and /var (www, mails, etc) > > I had a look at GEOM and (g)vinum, and none of them seem to accept > resize of partition, while LVM (under linux) accept hotresizing of > ext2/3 & ReiserFS filesystems. > > Do yoy know of any solution available as port that would provide me > with the same features as LVM ? (resize of partitions while running, > to adapt /var to my needs without copying, unmouting, resizing, > rebooting, etc) Can LVM be used in FreeBSD ? can the default kernel > read & write ext3 partitions ? I might try to install LVM on a primary > partition. > Although it's still considered experimental, ZFS would give you similar functionality as LVM2 (and more). I recommend you start with: http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFS and the man pages. If possible, experiment a little before implementing, ZFS is a paradigm shift from normal disk/volume management. -- Regards, Doug
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