Re: [linux-lvm] copying file results in out of memory, kills other processes, makes system unavailable

2014-06-16 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 08:13:39PM +0930, David Newall wrote: > I'm running a qemu virtual machine, 2 x i686 with 2GB RAM. VM's disks are > managed via LVM2. Most disk activity is on one LV, formatted as ext4. > Backups are taken using snapshots, and at the time of the problem that I am > about

Re: [linux-lvm] copying file results in out of memory, kills other processes, makes system unavailable

2014-06-16 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 08:13:39PM +0930, David Newall wrote: I'm running a qemu virtual machine, 2 x i686 with 2GB RAM. VM's disks are managed via LVM2. Most disk activity is on one LV, formatted as ext4. Backups are taken using snapshots, and at the time of the problem that I am about to