Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-24 Thread Thomas Maier-Komor
Kava schrieb: > My 2 cents ... read somewhere that you should not be running LVM on top of > ZFS ... something about additional overhead. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-24 Thread Kava
My 2 cents ... read somewhere that you should not be running LVM on top of ZFS ... something about additional overhead. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mail

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-23 Thread Thomas Maier-Komor
Thiago Sobral schrieb: > Hi Thomas, > > Thomas Maier-Komor escreveu: >> Thiago Sobral schrieb: >>> >>> I need to manage volumes like LVM does on Linux or AIX, and I think >>> that ZFS can solve this issue. >>> >>> I read the SVM specification and certainly it doesn't will be the >>> solution that

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-21 Thread Louwtjie Burger
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461 On Jan 21, 2008 5:09 PM, Thiago Sobral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I need to manage volumes like LVM does on Linux or AIX, and I think that > ZFS can solve this issue. > > I read the SVM specification and certainly it doesn't will be the > s

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-21 Thread Jason J. W. Williams
Hey Thiago, SVM is a direct replacement for LVM. Also, you'll notice about a 30% performance boost if you move from LVM to SVM. At least we did when we moved a couple of years ago. -J On Jan 21, 2008 8:09 AM, Thiago Sobral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I need to manage volumes like

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-21 Thread Darren J Moffat
Thiago Sobral wrote: > Hi folks, > > I need to manage volumes like LVM does on Linux or AIX, and I think that > ZFS can solve this issue. > > I read the SVM specification and certainly it doesn't will be the > solution that I'll adopt. I don't have Veritas here. Specifically what is SVM missin

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-21 Thread Thomas Maier-Komor
Thiago Sobral schrieb: > Hi folks, > > I need to manage volumes like LVM does on Linux or AIX, and I think that > ZFS can solve this issue. > > I read the SVM specification and certainly it doesn't will be the > solution that I'll adopt. I don't have Veritas here. > Why do you think it doesn'