... steps, but this full RAID setup protects the LVM system without having to reinstall, copy or remount filesystems, or reboot Managing Disk Space with LVM Pages: 1, 2, 3, Network Access of Files ... more or larger disks later With four drives, RAID is another option It restores some of the disk space but adds even more complexity Also, it performs well with reads but poorly with writes Because ... 10G Without LVM, you might allocate all available disk space to the partitions you're creating, but with LVM, it is worthwhile to be conservative, allocating only half the available space to the...