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I would like to know what is the best practice regarding the partitioning policy, especially when it comes to Logical Volume Manager.

Is it better to put the entire partitioning into LVM or use it for all other partitions except / for instance.

Some colleagues told me for instance that it is better not to put rootfs into an LVM because if we have an issue with lvm, it could be easier to recover.

I understand that LVM has it pros(flexibility...) and cons, but is it a good practice to put everything into LVM or not? Is there some exceptions?

Thank you in advance,

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I tend not to use LVM when I can avoid it... but if you must use it, try limiting it to data partitions. This is my preference, so you'll definitely hear arguments to the contrary.

I've seen far too many cases of system repair/recovery hampered by LVM issues on the / volume. And that alone is worth avoiding it for me. Also, hardware RAID controllers that can present multiple logical drives and other flexible storage solutions make LVM redundant in some situations.

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