I am performing some configuration testing on a kvm host. When installing a guest operating system is it advisable to place each instance in a separate lv or better to accept the default and store them on the root file system? Respecting lvm, does one configure lvs in a virtual server to take space from the main vg or does one allocate lv space from inside that allocated to the virtual instance? Is it even considered advisable to use lvs with virtual guests? To give an example, if I were to configure an smtp server on bare metal I might use the following disk layout: vg_bare 500Gb / lv_root 8Gb /boot lv_boot 1Gb /tmp lv_tmp 8Gb /var/log lv_log 8Gb /var/spool/mail lv_mail 16Gb In a kvm setup, if I wish to do this, would I first create an lv just to host the virtual image and then assign lv s from the space allocated to that image file? vg_bare 500Gb / lv_root 8Gb /boot lv_boot 1Gb /tmp lv_tmp 8Gb /var/log lv_log 8G /var/lib/libvirt/images/lv_virt01 32Gb /var/lib/libvirt/images/lv_virt02 32Gb . . . and so forth? Or is it worth the bother to have lv s in a virtual host? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3