[lxc-users] lxd: "-B backingstore" equivalent?

Serge Hallyn serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com
Fri Jun 5 15:54:06 UTC 2015


Quoting Mark Constable (markc at renta.net):
> On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 07:58:02 AM Tycho Andersen wrote:
> > LVM support is Coming Soon, and making it fast and stable
> > will likely be a primary focus.
> 
> On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 01:57:34 PM Serge Hallyn wrote:
> > What will become the recommended backing store is actualy
> > not yet implemented, but will be soon - that is lvm with
> > thinpools.
> 
> Does this mean that btrfs is considered a second class option
> with the primary focus and most of your future lxd backing
> store effort being put into LVM?

It is, for a few reasons.  I don't think the support will ever
go away, but lvm is going to be the preferred backing store.

> If so then what would be the reason to "abandon" btrfs as a
> preferred backing store (if it ever was)?

I think so.

-serge


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