Manage Linux Storage with LVM and Smartctl

Posted by tuxchick on Mar 13, 2008 2:18 AM EDT
Enterprise Networking Planet; By Carla Schroder
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LVM creates logical storage volumes, and allows you to increase the size of your volumes painlessly on live filesystems. Smartctl uses your hard disk's built-in Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) to test its health, and to warn you of impending failures. SystemRescueCD and Knoppix CD both include LVM, mdadm, and smartmontools when you need an external repair or management disk.

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