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Update lvm2 from LVM2.2.03.12 to LVM2.2.03.15 (latest version) OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/958732 OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Base:System/lvm2?expand=0&rev=305
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36 lines
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From 6144dac897728a4857294d70645df8ed7a5ff11f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:35:58 -0600
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Subject: man lvmcache: mention writecache memory usage
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man/lvmcache.7_main | 12 ++++++++++++
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1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/man/lvmcache.7_main b/man/lvmcache.7_main
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index dddd33cfa02c..ce440bf49983 100644
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--- a/man/lvmcache.7_main
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+++ b/man/lvmcache.7_main
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@@ -240,6 +240,18 @@ The writecache block size should be chosen to match the xfs sectsz value.
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It is also possible to specify a sector size of 4096 to mkfs.xfs when
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creating the file system. In this case the writecache block size of 4096
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can be used.
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+.P
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+.SS dm-writecache memory usage
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+.P
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+The amount of main system memory used by dm-writecache can be a factor
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+when selecting the writecache cachevol size and the writecache block size.
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+.P
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+.IP \[bu] 2
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+writecache block size 4096: each 100 GiB of writecache cachevol uses
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+slighly over 2 GiB of system memory.
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+.IP \[bu] 2
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+writecache block size 512: each 100 GiB of writecache cachevol uses
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+a little over 16 GiB of system memory.
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.
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.SS dm-writecache settings
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.
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--
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2.34.1
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