[linux-lvm] Swap/DB devices

[Heinz Mauelshagen]

> 
> I'm in the process of re-jigging all the file systems to sit in volume
> groups.
> 
> Two questions :-
> 
> a) Can I setup swap to run from a volume group is it a good idea?

Yes.
It's as good as partition based swap (very low LVM driver overhead).

Please take i/o amounts into consideration and avoid to allocate swap LVs
and other i/o intensive LVs on the same PVs.

> 
> b) I have  database devices running in cooked file systems for Oracle,
> Sybase and Informix.
> 
> Vendor recommendations for sybase and Informix are normally raw, here we
> carve our database devices from HP volume groups is this a good idea for
> linux?

There is a raw device patch available by Stephen Tweedie.
IIRC it will make it into the 2.3 kernel (what do you say Stephen?).

LVM has to be enhanced a little bit to support that patch.

> 
> Anybody done this?
> 

Yes, i did successfull tests with a lot of swap LVs.
Anybody out there with (big) database installations on LVM?

BTW: you can have performance boosts by setting up striped LVs
     if your hardware setup is o.k. (enough i/o bandwith on scsi busses,
     several busses ...)
     


Regards,
Heinz

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