[Users] ploop

[massimiliano.sciabica at kiiama.com]

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:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> With ploop is it possible rather than using a file to use and lvm 
>> partition as the backend storage?
>>
>
> What for? The whole purpose of ploop is to use a file as a storage.
>
> If your question is can a CT use a dedicated LVM partition then the
> answer is yes, and it was quite possible before ploop.
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> My rough guess is yes you can (and again, ploop is not about it).
>
> 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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