Re: block allocators and LVMs

Joe Thornber (joe@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk)
Fri, 18 Oct 2002 17:13:56 +0100

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 05:51:47PM +0200, christophe varoqui wrote:
> I realize the whole concept is different, but could extent remapping alleviate
> the need of an *intelligent* FS block allocator, as it ensure the best
> statistical-average IO perfs.

Yes, you would probably find an intelligent fs allocator and an
automatically remapping lvm would fight each other. You'd have to
choose one or the other.

- Joe
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