From: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
To: Fred van Zwieten <fvzwieten@vxcompany.com>
Cc: linux-lvm@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Snapshot limit?
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:15:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120724131517.GA3165@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALVifsY2ZUNUZFEAUB1ASWbEXX_q3TP0g6aX60Te0A6D-8=+FA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 23 2012 at 5:00am -0400,
Fred van Zwieten <fvzwieten@vxcompany.com> wrote:
> O, I forgot: I am using LVM2 on RHEL 6.3. That is LVM2 version 2.02.87.
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> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Fred van Zwieten
> <fvzwieten@vxcompany.com>wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to know is there is a limit on the amount of snapshots one
> > can take from a single LV.
> >
> > I have a single LV with a very low changerate, but I have a retention
> > requirement of about 150 readonly snapshots for it. Is it is at all
> > possible, will there be a performance hit?
> >
> > Fred
> > **
You definitely want to make use of the snapshots provided via the new
thinp target (NOTE: thinp is still tech preview in RHEL6.3).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-24 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-23 8:52 [linux-lvm] Snapshot limit? Fred van Zwieten
2012-07-23 9:00 ` Fred van Zwieten
2012-07-24 13:15 ` Mike Snitzer [this message]
2012-07-24 14:21 ` Fred van Zwieten
2012-07-24 14:38 ` Mike Snitzer
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