>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:14 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Rohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could start looking at 'read only' or 'shared' root and other > filesystems.. the idea revolves around having guests LINK a master copy of > Linux root file system or other filesystem in RO. Then bind mounting that > with RW areas for config files, logs, etc.. Potentially a huge amount of > DASD savings depending on how many Linux guests you run.. > > Here's a great redbook on the topic: > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4322.html?Open
I think you can get the majority of the benefit by sharing /usr read-only without going to the much more complex environment of having / be read-only. (My root file systems are only about 300-400MB, while /usr is 4 or 5 times that in size.) Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
