Am 03.06.2013 23:38, schrieb Serge Hallyn: > Create a loopfile backed container by doing: > > lxc-create -B loop -t template -n name > > or > > lxc-clone -B loop -o dir1 -n loop1 > > The rootfs in the configuration file will be > > loop:/var/lib/lxc/loop1/rootdev
While I applaud usability improvements, I am not sure VMs in a loopback device should be promoted. It's known that the loopback device can deadlock and loose data [1][2][3], which I find highly problematic. It happened many times to us, the problem has been known for many many years, but no fix or workaround exists as far as I'm aware and it doesn't seem anybody is making efforts to fix this. If this functionality is to be shipped, then I'd strongly advise to ship a *fat* warning in the documentation and also when creating such a VM instance that says: "having your FS run on a loopback device can destroy all your data" *t [1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/drbd/users/8688#8688 [2] http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/ch-configure.html#s-prepare-storage [3] http://lists.linbit.com/pipermail/drbd-user/2011-May/016009.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ Lxc-devel mailing list Lxc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-devel
