From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: "Lentes, Bernd" <bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de>
Cc: "'KVM-ML (kvm@vger.kernel.org)'" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Install a VM into a file or a LV ?
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:08:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D246D3C.8030506@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15785B7E063D464C86DD482FCAE4EBA5012E8F22C05B@XCH11.scidom.de>
On 01/05/2011 02:27 PM, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to this list and i hope this is the right list for my question. I like to create several VM's using KVM on a SLES 11 SP1 host. What is better/faster ?
Logical volumes are faster.
> Install the VM into a file or a logical Volume ? If i chosse to install it into a LV: does the LV needs a Filesystem, and does it has to be mounted ?
No, the volume becomes the guest's disk (which it can then paritition,
set up logical volumes, and mount filesystems on).
> My aim is that i want to create a HA-Cluster. For every service (currently 3) i'd like to create a VM. I want to have two hosts/nodes, both running SLES 11 SP1. I want to use DRBD to replicate the File/LV to the passive node. Do you thing that's a good solution ?
>
Sure, this can work, just be sure to test it extensively. Roll-your-own
solutions often aren't.
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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-05 13:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-05 12:27 Install a VM into a file or a LV ? Lentes, Bernd
2011-01-05 13:08 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2011-01-05 13:35 ` Lentes, Bernd
2011-01-05 13:39 ` Avi Kivity
2011-01-05 14:26 ` Reeted
2011-01-05 15:09 ` Avi Kivity
2011-01-05 17:01 ` Ben Beuchler
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