[PVE-User] Understanding lvm-thin

[Alexandre DERUMIER]

>>But I doubt that someone wants to use the OS system partition for such setup.
>>Instead,
>>he would use an extra disk for that?

Student have asked my this,because for example, he only have 1 big raid1 of ssd.


>>Besides, it is really easy to remove the lvm-thin volume and replace it with a
>>normal LVM if somebody really need it.

Could be great to have a magic button in gui to do it ;)


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De: "dietmar" <dietmar at proxmox.com>
À: "aderumier" <aderumier at odiso.com>
Cc: "proxmoxve" <pve-user at pve.proxmox.com>
Envoyé: Vendredi 10 Juin 2016 11:55:34
Objet: Re: [PVE-User] Understanding lvm-thin

> >>LVM does not support efficient snapshots, so I want to get rid of that as 
> >>fast 
> >>as possible... 
> 
> Do you have benchmark between lvm-thin vs plain .raw file ? 
> 
> If user don't need snapshot but maximum performance ? 

First, I do not have benchmarks. 

But I doubt that someone wants to use the OS system partition for such setup. 
Instead, 
he would use an extra disk for that? 

Besides, it is really easy to remove the lvm-thin volume and replace it with a 
normal LVM if somebody really need it.