Hi, i want to use KVM for running several virtual machines. Some i like to migrate from VMWare, others i want to create new. I red that installing VM's into plain partitions (without a filesystem) is faster than installing them into a partition with FS. Is that true ? How big is the difference in speed ? I want to create a fileserver in a vm. Currently i don't know if i will use Windows 2208 Server or a linux distro with samba. I'd like to install the vm into logical volumes using LVM. Host OS will be SLES 11. A fileserver needs a backup of the user data. For this purpose i'd like to create serveral snapshots of the LV the fileserver resides on. I think a snapshot of a plain LV, without fs (if i choose to install the vm into a plain lv), doesn't make sense. Or does this work ? So i think i need a fs in the lv for the fileserver. Is the loss of speed severe ? Bernd -- Bernd Lentes Systemadministration Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik HelmholtzZentrum münchen bernd.lentes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone: +49 89 3187 1241 fax: +49 89 3187 3826 http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/idg Wir sollten nicht den Tod fürchten, sondern das schlechte Leben. Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg www.helmholtz-muenchen.de Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: MinDir´in Bärbel Brumme-Bothe Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Günther Wess und Dr. Nikolaus Blum Registergericht: Amtsgericht München HRB 6466 USt-IdNr: DE 129521671 -- 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
