[linux-lvm] How long does PVmove take

Scott Mcdermott smcdermott at questra.com
Wed Aug 6 09:31:01 UTC 2003


Joe Thornber on Wed  6/08 09:52 +0100:
> > I have to remove 4 120GB IDE drives from a LVM on a P2
> > 450Mhz machine.  I have been pvmoving one of them for
> > about the last 5 days.  Is this a normal time frame?
> > How much longer can I expect?
> 
> I moved 30G in about 40 minutes yesterday. (LVM2)

that is an *huge* improvement over speed of LVM1 :)

although, you only got LVM2 pvmove working very
recently...is that something you would trust on production
machine?




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