Avi Kivity wrote: > On 01/05/2011 02:27 PM, Lentes, Bernd wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to this list and i hope this is the right list for > my question. I like to create several VM's using KVM on a > SLES 11 SP1 host. What is better/faster ? > > Logical volumes are faster. > > > Install the VM into a file or a logical Volume ? If i > chosse to install it into a LV: does the LV needs a > Filesystem, and does it has to be mounted ? > > No, the volume becomes the guest's disk (which it can then > paritition, set up logical volumes, and mount filesystems on). > Hi Avi, Thanks for the quick answer. Just to be sure: >From the host's point of view, the LV has no filesystem and does not have to be mounted ? Bernd-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html