| Re: ploop [message #45692 is a reply to message #45688] |
Thu, 29 March 2012 09:43   |
massimiliano.sciabica
Messages: 11
Registered: March 2012
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Hi,
has anyone tryed to compress the file that simulates the VPS hard disk?
If so, what's the comressio achieved?
Thanks
On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:52:02 +0400, Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
> On 03/28/2012 08:01 PM, Mark Olliver wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> With ploop is it possible rather than using a file to use and lvm
>> partition as the backend storage?
>>
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> What for? The whole purpose of ploop is to use a file as a storage.
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> If your question is can a CT use a dedicated LVM partition then the
> answer is yes, and it was quite possible before ploop.
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>> Also plop is it possible for the guest to run it’s own lvm layer,
>> with kvm currently you can assign each VE a kvm partition then as it
>> boots up it runs its own lvm layer where the root partition is stored.
>>
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> My rough guess is yes you can (and again, ploop is not about it).
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> You can give a CT an access to physical disk or disk partition or LVM
> volume or volume group using vzctl set --devnodes and then manage it
> from the inside. But I haven't tried it, because I don't see any
> practical use for it.
>
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