Re: adding a new stripe to a stripeset

["Martin K. Petersen" <mkp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Austin" == Austin Gonyou <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Austin> Can this be done? Say I create a new volume like this:
Austin> vgcreate testvg1 /dev/sda[1-2] /dev/sdb1

Ugh.  Striping on the same disk isn't going to buy you much.


Austin> So, I'm asking is there a way to add another stripe to a
Austin> stripeset, so I can not have an unused pv in my volume group?

Nope.  You can use the extra space in another striped LV, though,
assuming you have enough space available on the other PVs.

But there's no way to magically change stripe width of an existing
volume.

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