Hi, I''m wondering how folks configure disk space for domU''s with large storage needs. I''m just reading about LVM. But can a domU run in a partition? Or does it always run out of a .img file? If my domU needed 50GB disk space, would I need to make a 50GB .img file? Are there other approaches? Thanks, Bill _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> But can a domU run in a partition?I run 2.0.7 and run dom0 off a reiser partition and two domUs off separate partitions (both ext3) (*). I have grub installed in all the paritions and each system has its own swap space. I need to look at the documentation to see whether I can just use one swap space hierarchy between all the systems... heck, I need to look at the documentation properly to see what I can play with (I''m coming from a z/VM environment). Rod (*) Strange setup''s due to a strange box that hangs on the more recent frankenkernels from things like OSS/SUSE 10 but luckily seems to run the Xen 2.0.7 setup well enough (having switched a bunch of things like acpi & dma off which I have to do anyway on the normal Linux boot). _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Bill Kelly <billk@cts.com> wrote:> I''m wondering how folks configure disk space for domU''s with > large storage needs. I''m just reading about LVM. But can a > domU run in a partition? Or does it always run out of a .img > file?The docs say (somewhere) that you can use pretty much every block device as a device for your domUs storage (as well as image files, of course). LVM is used very often in order to virtualize various "storage sources" like network block devices, ata-over-ethernet devices, harddisks, raid-devices, etc.> If my domU needed 50GB disk space, would I need to make a > 50GB .img file? Are there other approaches?A logical volume would be my first choice (for flexibility reasons). by Töns -- EU 2006: War is Peace Ignorance is Strength Freedom is Slavery _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users