From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 7 14:55:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 431361065670 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:55:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2D728FC1D for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:55:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from haran.polands.org ([75.87.219.217]) by hrndva-omta05.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20080907141919.HDKA4606.hrndva-omta05.mail.rr.com@haran.polands.org>; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:19:19 +0000 Received: from jericho.polands.org (jericho.polands.org [172.16.1.33]) by haran.polands.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m87EJJW4028120; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 09:19:19 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from jericho.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jericho.polands.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m87EJJvt050378; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 09:19:19 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@jericho.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by jericho.polands.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m87EJIg5050377; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 09:19:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 09:19:18 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: nicodache Message-ID: <20080907141918.GB18709@polands.org> References: <82029aed0809070709n65f67632qcfd4cd3fbdda22f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <82029aed0809070709n65f67632qcfd4cd3fbdda22f@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LVM2 under FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:55:27 -0000 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