[PVE-User] image import to a lvm based vm

[Flavio Stanchina]

Ingo Schmitt wrote:
> 2. can i use the vg i have allocated to pve for other things too
> or should i better create a separate one to avoid conflicts?

You can use it for other things, but I wouldn't recommend it. If you 
really want to, just be careful not to confuse volumes: PVE uses LVM 
tags to identify its volumes, but for added safety avoid calling *your* 
volumes "vm-XXX-disk-Y".

> 3. not really related to pve, however:
> are any dancers when using lvm mirrors instead of mdadm disk mirrors?

No dancers here, but check back on a Saturday night. ;)

Jokes aside, I prefer to avoid LVM mirrors as they are a relatively 
recent addition, not as tested as MD mirrors and besides I don't like a 
few things about the implementation. Anyway, software RAID is not 
supported by the Proxmox team: use hardware RAID with battery-backed 
cache if you care about performance.

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Flavio Stanchina
Informatica e Servizi
Trento - Italy