Re: [Xen-users] LVM & volume groups

To:	"Christopher G. Stach II" <cgs@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] LVM & volume groups
From:	"Omer Khalid" <Omer.Khalid@xxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 8 Dec 2006 01:17:25 +0100
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Hi,

It depends what do you mean by "all" domU! How many? We have been using single volume group for atleast 3-4 domU's and never had a problem!

Regards
Omer

On 12/7/06, Christopher G. Stach II <cgs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rich Yumul wrote:
> Thanks for your reply - What I really want to know is that if each
> virtual machine should be on it's own volume group, or if it's ok if all
> the domU's share the same volume group? Or does it even make a difference?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rich

They can share one, but you will want to use CLVM if you don't want to
screw everything up for yourself. This will also soften the blow of
moving to shared storage if/when you get more Xen hosts.

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