[CentOS-virt] LVM-snapshot based KVM VMs

2012-04-25 Thread Paul Basov
Good m/d/n guys, wanted to put idea through you before trying to implement this. So afaik LVM snapshots basically don't take any real space on hard drives. I'm using KVM virtualization on my hosts and let's say i create an LVM volume for my linux VM, then install it properly, shut it down and

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM - Virtio drivers for Centos 5.1

2012-04-25 Thread Lars Hecking
aurfalien writes: Hi all, Really enjoying KVM as I was a long time user of Xen. Both are cool, just enjoying the new thing. Wondering if any one could share some nuggets on how to get a Centos 5.1 VM guest to use virtio? Trying to use virtio over the ide. Are you talking about a