Am 26.08.2013 20:07, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 26.08.2013 18:35, schrieb Pandu Poluan:
>> That said, when I was hunting around for information on ZFS before taking >> the plunge, a *lot* of discussion revolves around using ZFS as the storage >> back-end for virtualization, be it using KVM or VMware. > > Yes. I will research that a bit and consider it. > Maybe I suggest them a test-phase (old server still there and OK ... so > why not) When I read stuff like this: https://groups.google.com/a/zfsonlinux.org/forum/#!searchin/zfs-discuss/kvm/zfs-discuss/OI5dchl7d_8/G7g8ExR_rHcJ I wonder if I should dare to try that ;-) - Another option would be: I once sliced disks into partitions like this: sd[abcdefgh]1 -> RAID1 for / sd[abcdefgh]2 -> swap sd[abcdefgh]3 -> RAID6 -> PV -> LVs ... for data and VMs What about that? (I think I also had a small RAID for /boot) Or: sd[ab]X -> RAID1 for / sd[cdefgh]X -> RAID6 -> PV -> LVs ... for data and VMs - Opinions? Thanks, Stefan (I don't mention my consideration to use systemd on that server :-P )
