[linux-lvm] finding the right size for rootvg

[Heinz Mauelshagen]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 07:56:35AM -0800, cmc2slack-lvm at yahoo.com wrote:
> Heinz writes:
> 
> > It'll 'limit' you to a maximum LV size of 512GB if that is an issue
> > in LVM1.
> > Once you migrate to LVM2 there's no such constraint any more.
> 
> Thanks Heinz, that's not a problem since this is a 
> home system, only has 8GB and 60GB HD's. Will the
> small extent make a difference in performance?

Smaller extents cause larger mapping tables in LVM1.
Typically you won't be able to see a performance difference.

> 
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> Chris Conn
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