[CentOS] Slightly OT: First Time KVM and LVM on Centos

[Les Mikesell]

On 6/16/11 1:56 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 06/15/2011 05:52 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>> Drawback is that such KVM guest is not as easy to move to another host
>> if current host can not boot. Copying image and config files will be
>> much faster.
>
> There is no reason that should be true.  Copying 20GB out of an LV
> should take exactly the same amount of time as copying 20GB out of a file.

What about the destination?  Wouldn't it likely be harder to find a place to put 
the LV copy than space to write a file?  Or can you copy back and forth?

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