[zfs-discuss] LVM and ZFS

2009-07-29 Thread Peter Eriksson
I'm curious about if there are any potential problems with using LVM metadevices as ZFS zpool targets. I have a couple of situations where using a device directly by ZFS causes errors on the console about Bus and lots of stalled I/O. But as soon as I wrap that device inside an LVM metadevice

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-24 Thread Kava
My 2 cents ... read somewhere that you should not be running LVM on top of ZFS ... something about additional overhead. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-24 Thread Thomas Maier-Komor
Kava schrieb: My 2 cents ... read somewhere that you should not be running LVM on top of ZFS ... something about additional overhead. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-23 Thread Thomas Maier-Komor
Thiago Sobral schrieb: Hi Thomas, Thomas Maier-Komor escreveu: Thiago Sobral schrieb: I need to manage volumes like LVM does on Linux or AIX, and I think that ZFS can solve this issue. I read the SVM specification and certainly it doesn't will be the solution that I'll adopt. I don't

[zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-21 Thread Thiago Sobral
Hi folks, I need to manage volumes like LVM does on Linux or AIX, and I think that ZFS can solve this issue. I read the SVM specification and certainly it doesn't will be the solution that I'll adopt. I don't have Veritas here. I created a pool with name black and a volume lv00, then created

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-21 Thread Thomas Maier-Komor
Thiago Sobral schrieb: Hi folks, I need to manage volumes like LVM does on Linux or AIX, and I think that ZFS can solve this issue. I read the SVM specification and certainly it doesn't will be the solution that I'll adopt. I don't have Veritas here. Why do you think it doesn't fit

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-21 Thread Darren J Moffat
Thiago Sobral wrote: Hi folks, I need to manage volumes like LVM does on Linux or AIX, and I think that ZFS can solve this issue. I read the SVM specification and certainly it doesn't will be the solution that I'll adopt. I don't have Veritas here. Specifically what is SVM missing that

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-21 Thread Jason J. W. Williams
Hey Thiago, SVM is a direct replacement for LVM. Also, you'll notice about a 30% performance boost if you move from LVM to SVM. At least we did when we moved a couple of years ago. -J On Jan 21, 2008 8:09 AM, Thiago Sobral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I need to manage volumes like LVM

Re: [zfs-discuss] LVM on ZFS

2008-01-21 Thread Louwtjie Burger
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461 On Jan 21, 2008 5:09 PM, Thiago Sobral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I need to manage volumes like LVM does on Linux or AIX, and I think that ZFS can solve this issue. I read the SVM specification and certainly it doesn't will be the solution