From: Nick Accad via talk <talk@gtalug.org>
I'm glad you are not top-posting. But you should trim the quote to only contain things you are responding to.
Just to add another point, if you are using LVM, it is normal to use the whole physical disk as a PV without any partitions, and then create the partition table (or not) on the LV.
OK. Another case that gparted should not deal with.
I have personally used many instances where I used the whole disk without any partitions for the file system, it is not as uncommon as you think.
More cases that gparted should not deal with.
Also as someone who works for the largest array maker in the world, I assure you, most arrays do NOT use Linux, unless you are talking about "SAN" as in the switch, in which case, also no, they use proprietary operating systems designed for switches, Linux is relatively new in that area.
Interesting. I know that *BSD is also used. In the early days, Solaris or SunOS was used too, I think. I was explicitly talking about SANs but oblivious to the anatomy. The "switching plane" and the "data plane" are likely different. I admit that I don't know much about them.