On 21-Apr-13 18:15, Tanstaafl wrote:
Ok, googling reveals lots of conflicting opinions about using LVM in a VM environment. I was wanting to use it mainly for its snapshot ability (to get consistent backups of my mailstore and mysql DBs). Also it would be very nice to be able to resize things if needed (I have adequate storage available). But I've found lots of opinions that using LVM in a virtualized environment can lead to data corruption, and if this is true, I'd rather not risk it... So, LVM or not?
You can make snapshots from ESXi (btw snapshot is *not* backup), and you can resize VM-disks as well. So the right question is: What are the LVM features I need? If I do not need any, then why should I bother with it? Jarry -- _______________________________________________________________ This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted.
