Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 11:11:12 +0530 From: ashish@FreeBSD.org (Ashish SHUKLA) To: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zvol vs plain file for VMs Message-ID: <86mw6ilvyf.fsf@chateau.d.if> In-Reply-To: <54947594.2060202@gmx.com> (Nikos Vassiliadis's message of "Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:59:32 %2B0100") References: <54947594.2060202@gmx.com>
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--=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:59:32 +0100, Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> said: | Hi, | I have to convert a mail server to a VM and I don't know what kind of | storage to use, a plain file or a zvol? | Are there any pros in using ZVOLs instead of plain files? | Thanks, Nikos I don't use FreeBSD for VMs, but theoretically plain file will have filesys= tem overhead which ZVOL won't. HTH =2D-=20 Ashish SHUKLA | GPG: F682 CDCC 39DC 0FEA E116 20B6 C746 CFA9 E74F A4B0 Sent from my Emacs --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUlQv5AAoJEMdGz6nnT6SwRTAQALCCP0baxWlG87IFCoQwd6Ch lrRPRUXN/o4ArKHEbZ/FZ31TpOFFWs7ETZmsX3Q1nbhn06AgIoFdY5ipCApousWz GSoZvMQanNoZYw16UtXxYLisuuS3XH7dS9dYjdhMmEq3jL1ozLo/ni6jGsyCT5zK R14UAFoIhWKmfOw6DElIxy22cw81u64fXlkAR4mzVXMQwiOLkGqCN4BTVaxRAxE7 cfR8WCJAYzCbk/z9+TvZG2qnAQ27B46rG3BqSVLXx7jOyEH7QeS5zmdLN/ppVv3p VW1dNhndZeOVmGJ8BwiONpuk62hlLZSTyYljHrhZGaQkaQMcMezkELiEToB+TJb3 ZmVMQB4v0bCoBA9WYmX2yPuWr+X2ZzPZjKGPuzATHtWsJFWm1RVViIKRWYVIJ+rd TvJByDhhB0t19UAwTwCWhqZKFW4crHorElEARA2XfLcmDP9TbGFnFZI76g1KtkHX LaOckAz6ftgY2qyESRBeWdGu6i6PT4z1QHAKGXGK0GaQkNLW0bL9mEd/S7IRxIsl 7bA7Xi0gcJx8WLE07gyNYKNfMM1CGsKNKY9W3rHMVYQuJpz1Lh6XYKOXOB66Uvps d5aP50GSD/fU9zn00v0nRS/vO7RtXf6eqU/Df6aOB6k/E/BjvJzenUEdiCfqRGHf fYmZTiIdD8OgI1T6GWcZ =djp3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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