Javier Guerra <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > i'd just want to add my '+1 votes' on both getting rid of JVM > dependency and using block devices (usually LVM) instead of ext3/btrfs If the chunks into which the virtual drives are split are quite small (say the 64MB used by Hadoop), LVM may be a less appropriate choice. It doesn't support very large numbers of very small logical volumes very well. Best wishes, Chris. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html