Advantages and Disadvantages of having a single Volume group with multiple LUNS and/or one Volume group per LUN

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Issue

  • Query regarding the Volume Group creation.
  • Which is best? Having a single volume group comprising of multiple LUNS or having one Volume group per LUN?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, 7
  • lvm2

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