[nzlug] EVMS - Any distro with it standard?

[Andrew Bruce]

Gentoo does as well - I'm using it on a server at home :)

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_setup_evms

Andrew


Howard wrote:
>> On Thursday 16 November 2006 20:09, Howard wrote:
>>> I need to build a server with lots of storage, and after previously
>>>  dumping myself in the deep end with LVM, I thought I'd go the
>>> whole way and implement EVMS.
>
> Robin Sheat wrote:
>> What does it do that LVM doesn't? (I don't really know anything about
>> it)
>
> sort of sits on top and does a lot more by the looks of it.  It is
> touted to be a complete volume manager.  LVM, RAID or other lesser
> volume management systems sit below as plugins.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Volume_Management_System
> http://evms.sourceforge.net/
>
>> I'm pretty sure that Ubuntu mentions it on bootup. I always assumed
>> that it was part of LVM or something.
>
> I searched the ubuntu site and it looked like it exists (It mentions a
> bug in booting EVMS with LVM).  I also had a look in the ubuntuforums
> and there is a fair amount of info there.
>
> Thanks,
> Howard
>
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