Re: [linux-lvm] -l 100%FREE doesn't work with RAID1

2016-01-20 Thread Fran Garcia
On 20 January 2016 at 13:19, Bryan Larsen wrote: > I'm setting up some provisioning scripts, so I don't know the actual sizes > of the hard drives > > $ sudo lvcreate --type raid1 -m 1 -l 100%FREE -n backups hdd_vg > Insufficient free space: 781320 extents needed, but only

Re: [linux-lvm] LVM and chain of snapshots

2016-01-20 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
20.01.2016 17:09, Zdenek Kabelac wrote: Using lots of old-snaphosts is very bad plan - really time to look at thin-provisioning Old-snaps are not going to scale. Well, I have already tried using lots of thin snapshots on my PC, in a context different from what Mark wants. Namely, my

Re: [linux-lvm] LVM and chain of snapshots

2016-01-20 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
Dne 20.1.2016 v 13:54 Марк Коренберг napsal(a): 2016-01-20 17:09 GMT+05:00 Zdenek Kabelac >: ed sta Thanks for the response, but I do not understand how thin-provisioning is related to question i'm asking. As far as I understand, if 20