On 12/06/2010 08:33 PM, hansbkk@gmail.com wrote: > Also, the man page state that the *default* extent size (if none is > specified) is 4MB, but the HowTo states it's 32MB. Which is true? > > Or does this vary by vgcreate version, or per-distro configuration? Based on experience, this varies by distro, so it must be a system configuration option. > having a large number of extents will slow down the tools I believe only a large number segments (contiguous groups of extents) slows things down. I could be wrong. > leads me to: > > Would there be any negative impact of a very large extent size? The only impact is unused space due to more granular allocation. _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
