Re: [Xen-users] Partition vs disk images

[Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> > This is for use at home, so in reality it probably doesn't matter -- I just don't want to 
> > make any *really* stupid moves.  If you need it, general specs on the machine are: quad 
> > core, 8GB ram, a 160GB boot volume and then 4x320 raid5.  The 160GB will contain the disk 
> > >images while the raid5 will be allocated for "data" (database, file server, 
> > myth, etc).
> >     
> I have this exact config at home :) Only difference would be the raid type and 
> controller I am sure, I used a pretty high end LSI SAS Card with sata's hung 
> off it. I would seriously recommend LVM, its so flexible, and I would take that 
> raid 5 and replace it with mirrors personally, but you are using it at home I 
> guess. Most people forget to factor in the downside to raid 5: Slow regens that 
> kill performance while being non redundant during the only one possible failure 
> it could have.
>
> Godo luck!
> jlc
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But is there really a performance difference between LVM & file based VM's?

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