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Re: [Xen-users] image files or partions


  • To: Eric Peterson <srcfoo@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Anand <xen.mails@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:33:09 +0530
  • Cc: Daniel Bauer <mlist@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I forgot to add this in earlier mail, the reason why image file degrades performance is because of the loop back interface used to mount those images. The credit for making me aware about this goes to this list and specially Frenando who helped me a lot to understand.

On 1/18/06, Eric Peterson <srcfoo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I also strongly agree with these folk.  LVM has significantly improved performance and responsiveness when I compare domains running on them to domains running on image files.

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regards,

Anand
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