[linux-lvm] Red Hat Advanced Server + LVM

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:50:32AM +0100, Geoff Dolman wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am soon to take delivery of a new Server: It's configuration is to be
> 
> 584GB disk (hardware raid5) 4 cpu (with Intel hyperthreading)
> 
> 32 GB RAM
> 
> 
> I intend to use RH Advanced Server 2.1 (whatever the latest kernel is at
> time of install).
> 
> I would ideally like to be able to snapshot dump this machine (the
> largest partition will use most of the available disk space (4-500GB)).
> 
> Is there any caveat or issue that I should be aware of with lvm in this
> configuration?

Snapshots trigger a virtual memory problem with highmem enabled in kernel 2.4 :(

The snapshot exception tables hold in RAM can grow quite big in case
of large snapshot sizes (which you might not need in case your filesystem(s)
are not heavily updated during the lifetime of the snapshot).

> 
> Many thanks
> 
> -- 
> Geoff Dolman <geoff.dolman at cimr.cam.ac.uk>
> 
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Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --

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