From: Stuart D Gathman <stuart@bmsi.com>
To: linux-lvm@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Configuring extent size
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:15:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CFD98D2.70609@bmsi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=EyqkiemX6PRXiTVKGAkXW-L8VoGw0-BQrygv7@mail.gmail.com>
On 12/06/2010 08:33 PM, hansbkk@gmail.com wrote:
> Also, the man page state that the *default* extent size (if none is
> specified) is 4MB, but the HowTo states it's 32MB. Which is true?
>
> Or does this vary by vgcreate version, or per-distro configuration?
Based on experience, this varies by distro, so it must be a system
configuration option.
> having a large number of extents will slow down the tools
I believe only a large number segments (contiguous groups of extents)
slows things down. I could be wrong.
> leads me to:
>
> Would there be any negative impact of a very large extent size?
The only impact is unused space due to more granular allocation.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-07 2:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-07 1:33 [linux-lvm] Configuring extent size hansbkk
2010-12-07 2:15 ` Stuart D Gathman [this message]
2010-12-07 6:29 ` hansbkk
2010-12-07 6:47 ` hansbkk
2010-12-08 3:15 ` hansbkk
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