Hi,

I installed Redhat Ent V4 in my machine some time back, at that time i used manual partitioning based upon some recommendations online.
However there was option to use default partitioning done by LVM.

Now i wanted to know advantages of default partitioning, i googled and found that it readjust the partitions according to the usage, and enable addition of extra disk space without reinstallation. However i heard there is some disadvantages, in case of crash of the hard disk, it become more difficult to recover the data incase of LVM compare to manual partitioning.

I want to know people experience with LVM, how it is better than manual partitioning. Does it dependent on the situation. Also, how the swap space is get decided in case of LVM.

Many thanks in advance.

Manish.

I guess you need to learn LVM in order to know the benefits, here you may start with:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_volume_management

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From my experience of LVm, I have found this more useful than doing a manual partition in more than one way. Extending or creating a new partition is so easy. I think to reduce you need to take the partition offline and they call this a disadvantage, which I dont agree considering all the good things it gives.
Google it and you will find loads of information on this.