It depends on what content is put inside. If VPS has lot's of images/video files - near 0% compression is possible. If lots of text or programs - about 50% can be achieved.
Reality is somewhere in the middle typically. On Mar 29, 2012, at 13:43 , <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > has anyone tryed to compress the file that simulates the VPS hard disk? > If so, what's the comressio achieved? > Thanks > > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:52:02 +0400, Kir Kolyshkin wrote: >> On 03/28/2012 08:01 PM, Mark Olliver wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> With ploop is it possible rather than using a file to use and lvm >>> partition as the backend storage? >>> >> >> What for? The whole purpose of ploop is to use a file as a storage. >> >> If your question is can a CT use a dedicated LVM partition then the >> answer is yes, and it was quite possible before ploop. >> >>> Also plop is it possible for the guest to run it’s own lvm layer, >>> with kvm currently you can assign each VE a kvm partition then as it >>> boots up it runs its own lvm layer where the root partition is stored. >>> >> >> My rough guess is yes you can (and again, ploop is not about it). >> >> You can give a CT an access to physical disk or disk partition or LVM >> volume or volume group using vzctl set --devnodes and then manage it >> from the inside. But I haven't tried it, because I don't see any >> practical use for it. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
