Thank you for your feedback Michael. Seems like the list might be dying off. On 2021-05-26 17:32, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I run everything through LVM after about the second time I crashed my > root partition on plain ext2 by filling it entirely, at least probably > 10-12 years now. LVM2 doesn't crash it like that even if filled, or > cause a full fsck of fscking time and other weird catastrophic > restoration of services. > > If no encryption, you can set lvm2 to pass through ssd trim, or setup > your own periodic trim jobs. I'd love to hear reasons not to use lvm, > as it's dated, and looked at things like zfs and btrfs to replace 1) > raid, 2) encryption. and 3) logical volumes, but without these all > wasn't really an option. Curious if anyone's using any one native > solution for all three yet. Using mdraid+luks+lvm+ext4 is still my > general go-to. > > -mb > > On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 2:24 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've installed Linux many times. For the last few times I just >> chose >> the defaults for configuring the HD. >> >> I am running a 250GB SSD. It will be entirely dedicated to the >> server. >> >> In reading the docs there is an option of using the entire disk for >> LVM >> and there will be two partitions, one for /boot and one for >> everything >> else. >> >> Any thoughts on using the default HD configuration? >> >> Thanks!! >> Keith >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss