diff --git a/local-lvm.adoc b/local-lvm.adoc index 066cdda..cdc0ef1 100644 --- a/local-lvm.adoc +++ b/local-lvm.adoc @@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ data:: This volume uses LVM-thin, and is used to store VM images. LVM-thin is preferable for this task, because it offers efficient support for snapshots and clones. -NOTE: We highly recommend to use a hardware RAID controller (with -BBU) for such setups. This increases performance, provides redundancy, -and make disk replacements easier (hot-pluggable). +Hardware +~~~~~~~~ + +We highly recommend to use a hardware RAID controller (with BBU) for +such setups. This increases performance, provides redundancy, and make +disk replacements easier (hot-pluggable). + +LVM itself does not need any special hardware, and memory requirements +are very low. + + +Bootloader +~~~~~~~~~~ + +We install two boot loaders by default. The first partition contains +the standard GRUB boot loader. The second partition is an **E**FI **S**ystem +**P**artition (ESP), which makes it possible to boot on EFI systems.