[olug] To RAID or not to RAID

[Christopher R. White]

Hey Guys, Chris from GI here


I am in the process of building a new home server.  I've finished
collecting all the parts and am at the put it all together stage.  This
will be an all-in-one home server to hold my media, photos, PC backups,
etc.  i want to make sure I have data redundancy factored in before I move
ahead.  In the past, I've always used software RAID but I'm looking at LVM
as an alternative.  I currently have 2 drives but the thought of adding
more is always in the back of my mind (hence the idea for LVM).  What is
your experience with LVM?  Pros, Cons, something I'm not considering?!

Thanks in advance,
Chris