Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-cloudstack-users-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-cloudstack-users-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D396FEA69 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:12:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 79148 invoked by uid 500); 16 Feb 2013 00:08:36 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-cloudstack-users-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 72079 invoked by uid 500); 16 Feb 2013 00:08:21 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cloudstack-users-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 93585 invoked by uid 99); 15 Feb 2013 23:05:59 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:05:59 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [188.40.234.195] (HELO de.nux.ro) (188.40.234.195) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:05:53 +0000 Received: from webmail.nux.ro (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by de.nux.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E6C319F6AB for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:05:27 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=li.nux.ro; s=dkimnux; t=1360969527; bh=VpX1CWRAL0cNhPIChkErrPiUYaEXAkL/T0q0JktBN/U=; h=MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Date:From:To: Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Message-ID; b=Pa/w5nD7Vy7yf6r2Y/p+07SbBoSouPeLdlG2IPAiGnbhfQDgf5ypgIMZQLuDwxj90 VWo7XIeQuVPG99J6w7ppGTDP0ljP3EcCHYKcmzkaA7XPWM38+DadTCFOORcV+RkVdc IiJQnXd2z6MO4ptlxWKCgWO5ANqdxnqSudJ118zY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:05:27 +0000 From: Nux! To: cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: customising the ROOT disk In-Reply-To: References: <4565ffc5273002c6f82695f67da46afc@li.nux.ro> Message-ID: <02d97ea4a5942a3bd51731973e00a32c@li.nux.ro> X-Sender: nux@li.nux.ro User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.9-beta X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 15.02.2013 20:22, Clayton Weise wrote: > The size of the root disk is set based on the template, and it can't > be changed. This has to do with the fact that new root volumes > created from a template are actually created as a writable snapshot of > the template. This is done to save space and also to create the VM > faster, but the penalty is that all instances created from a template > share the same size root volume. I understand, but I'm not convinced this makes very much sense with today's hardware and with the tradeoff of probably multiplying the number of templates I would need to maintain and other disadvantages that don't come to mind a.t.m. Is this likely to change in future releases? Lucian -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro