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Re: [Xen-users] iSCSI and LVM

To: Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] iSCSI and LVM
From: Serge Fonville <serge.fonville@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:03:27 +0200
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>> LVM over NFS is not possible.
>> LVM needs to be applied to a blockdevice
>>
>> Fortunately, you can sitll use LVM on the storage server.
>>
>> NFS is often considered slower, due to that it adds an additional
>> layer to the communication.
>>
>> This does not necessarily negatively impact the performance in such a
>> way that it should be considered a deal-breaker.
>> If you expect to constantly utilize over 70% of your bandwidth, you
>> may be better of using iSCSI.
>> Then again, if you are utilizing that much, you should probably
>> rethink your setup.
>>
>> since I currently know very little about your expected load.
>> I can not give you a definitive answer.
>>
>> But looking into using NFS for your VMs should at least be looked in
>> to thoroughy.
>>
> I suppose NFS requires image based access, which I understand is less
> performant.
>
you may also find
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1.1830&rep=rep1&type=pdf
interesting

HTH

Regards,

Serge Fonville



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