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* Name: [[User:wwoods|Will Woods]] | * Name: [[User:wwoods|Will Woods]] | ||
* email: | * email: | ||
== Current status == | == Current status == | ||
We're in the discussion/planning phases. | |||
* Targeted release: [[Releases/{{FedoraVersion||next}}|{{FedoraVersion|long|next}}]] | * Targeted release: [[Releases/{{FedoraVersion||next}}|{{FedoraVersion|long|next}}]] | ||
* Last updated: December 17, 2008 | * Last updated: December 17, 2008 | ||
Revision as of 21:09, 17 December 2008
Summary
Stop using LVM in the default partitioning scheme.
Owner
- Name: Will Woods
- email:
Current status
We're in the discussion/planning phases.
- Targeted release: Fedora 42
- Last updated: December 17, 2008
- Percentage of completion: 0%
Detailed Description
LVM provides very little benefit for most Fedora users, at the cost of performance and complexity:
- Certain filesystem features (ext3 barriers) are unavailable when run on top of LVM.
- This is one of the root causes of the Firefox 3 hangups with
fsync()
- This is one of the root causes of the Firefox 3 hangups with
- Software RAID performance is greatly reduced when layered on LVM.
- LVM partitions are not automatically assembled by the desktop systems.
Benefit to Fedora
New Fedora installs will not use LVM unless specifically requested - experts in storage administration can still set up volumes however they like.
Scope
- Patch anaconda to change the default partition layout:
- /boot on the first available disk
- / expands to fill the largest available disk
- But what do we do with the rest of the disks?