Re: Which disk backend to use in domU?

[Valtteri Kiviniemi <mailinglists@dataproof.fi>]

Hi,

Ah, misunderstanding sorry, you were talking about disk images :)

Valtteri Kiviniemi kirjoitti:
> Hi,
> 
> I am also using phy: with LVM-partitions, and I also would like to know 
> if there is a better or more preferred way.
> 
> - Valtteri Kiviniemi
> 
> Neobiker kirjoitti:
>> Hello Jeremy,
>>
>>
>> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>>> Using phy: in your config file?  That really isn't recommended 
>>> because it
>>> has poor integrity; the writes are buffered in dom0 so writes can be
>>> reordered or lost on crash, and the guest filesystem can't maintain any
>>> of its own integrity guarantees.
>>>
>>> tap:aio: is more resilient, since the writes go directly to the device
>>> without buffering.
>>
>> Do you mean that using tap:aio with a disk.image is prefered against 
>> using
>> phy: with LVM-device?
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Jens Friedrich aka Neobiker (www.neobiker.de)
> 
> 
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