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Re: [Xen-users] How to initiate a guest installation from the CD-ROM med

To: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] How to initiate a guest installation from the CD-ROM media
From: Ido Levy <IDOL@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:27:59 +0200
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Nico,

Can you please explain why it's better to use LVM partitions in compare to
regular partitions with regards to image management.

Thanks,

Ido


                                                                           
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Ido Levy wrote:
> Thank you Nico for your tip.
>
> As per your advice I enabled the support for the CPU and now I am able to
> use full Virtualization.
>
> I have two more question that I would appreciate your advice:
>
> 1) Is there any performance differences between para and full
> virtualization ?
> 2) What is better to create the virtual machine as a separate partition
or
> as a file ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ido
>
Yes, para-virtualization is noticeably faster than full virtualization.
And for performance and management reasons, I recommend using LVM based
partitions, not files. But if your system is already built and
configured, that's not always feasible.



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