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Re: [Xen-users] performace of disks

To: "Victor Hugo dos Santos" <listas.vhs@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] performace of disks
From: "Grant McWilliams" <grantmasterflash@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:54:52 -0700
Cc: Fernando Jiménez Solano <fernandojs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>3 - in the configuration of VM, exit one difference in performance
>between image file (disk:/) or LVM partition (phy:/) ???

I'm executing extensive lab based tests of various VM platforms and configurations. It won't be done for months but my
testing of file vs. LVM disk images is nearly complete. I was expecting to see drastic differences in speed between the two
but was fairly surprised that bonnie++ numbers were usually within 10% of each other at most. LVM overall is faster but
not by the amount I would have expected. In half the cases the 10GB file was as fast as LVM. Disk IO of a VM accessing LVM
was about another 10% off the Dom0 accessing the same LVM.

Grant McWilliams
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