From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:15:17 -0400 From: Mike Snitzer Message-ID: <20120724131517.GA3165@redhat.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Snapshot limit? Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Fred van Zwieten Cc: linux-lvm@redhat.com On Mon, Jul 23 2012 at 5:00am -0400, Fred van Zwieten wrote: > O, I forgot: I am using LVM2 on RHEL 6.3. That is LVM2 version 2.02.87. > > Met vriendelijke groeten, > * > Fred van Zwieten > * > *Enterprise Open Source Services* > * > Consultant* > *(vrijdags afwezig)* > > *VX Company IT Services B.V.* > *T* (035) 539 09 50 mobiel (06) 41 68 28 48 > *F* (035) 539 09 08 > *E* fvzwieten@vxcompany.com > *I* www.vxcompany.com > > > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Fred van Zwieten > 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).