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Idea #23638: All-in-one hard drive management tool

Written by mydoghasworms the 11 Feb 10 at 06:35. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
Currently you have to use different applications to access the following functionality:
1. Partition management (e.g. GParted)
2. Mount management (e.g. PySDM)
3. LVM management (e.g. system-config-lvm).
4. RAID management
It would be great to have a single application that could handle all these tasks.

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Solution #1: Enhance GParted with LVM, mount and RAID management
Written by mydoghasworms the 11 Feb 10 at 06:35.
As GParted is arguably the most mature of the above-mentioned three applications, and has a very user-friendly UI, it may be possible to build the extra functionality (LVM and mount management) into GParted.
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Solution #2: Create a new graphical tool
Written by mydoghasworms the 11 Feb 10 at 06:39.
As GParted is actually just a frontend for parted, perhaps it would be worthwhile building a new graphical tool from the ground up to support all three these functions (LVM, mount and partition management).
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Solution #3: Enhance Palimpsest Disk Utility
Written by Otus the 16 Feb 10 at 19:57.
Palimpsest Disk Utility (gnome-disk-utility) already combines basic partition and RAID management and it uses DeviceKit-disks/udisks as a backend. It should be improved and LVM and mount features added.
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Solution #4: Create a container "Disk tools"
Written by jonas_ohrn the 16 Apr 10 at 12:11.
I think the only problem is that the tools are separated and/or not installed by default (Gparted).
The solution is a common starting point where you can go to, and optionally install the specific tool(s) from there.
Palimpsest might be this starting point but people are used to the current scope so adding all kinds of tools might lead to they are not discovered.

For example; Gparted should be listed there as a "partition tool" which can be started or installed by clicking "install" much in the same way NTP was installed when you selected "automatic" in the time setting dialog.

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teeks99 wrote on the 12 Feb 10 at 12:58
I'd like to add:
4. RAID management

nloewen wrote on the 15 Feb 10 at 05:42
5. easy fstab and mtab configuration

mydoghasworms wrote on the 15 Feb 10 at 07:50
@teeks99: Good idea! I will add it to the description!
@nloewen: This is what I meant with mount management

sandys wrote on the 17 Feb 10 at 01:00
Disk Utility should be integrated into gparted.

Note that I dont say it should be deprecated, since the information presented in Disk Utility is much better than gparted - maybe what is needed is to have a Quick Info view in gparted, which is modelled on "Disk Utility"

ermengol wrote on the 19 Feb 10 at 11:18
Just today I've discovered a tool to manage mount points in a very good way, Mount Manager (KDE)
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/MountManager?content=76502
I think that the way it show the info, and the actions it allow you to do are much better than palimpset (Disk Utility) or pysdm.

I also think that the best option is to improve gparted in order to allow it to manage mount points.

I think, that nowadays, it is not easy to add a new HDD on a running ubuntu.

SiscoGarcia wrote on the 19 Feb 10 at 11:46
I agree nloewen and I'd also like an

5. easy fstab and mtab configuration

dirk@computer42.org wrote on the 24 Feb 10 at 13:39
Please add support for cryptsetup/luks.
Currently gparted can't resize a luks container.


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