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.TH "LVMVDO" "7" "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Red Hat, Inc" "\""
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.SH NAME
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lvmvdo \(em Support for Virtual Data Optimizer in LVM
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.
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VDO is software that provides inline
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block-level deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning capabilities
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for primary storage.
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.P
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Deduplication is a technique for reducing the consumption of storage
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resources by eliminating multiple copies of duplicate blocks. Compression
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takes the individual unique blocks and shrinks them.
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These reduced blocks are then efficiently packed together into
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physical blocks. Thin provisioning manages the mapping from logical blocks
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presented by VDO to where the data has actually been physically stored,
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and also eliminates any blocks of all zeroes.
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.P
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With deduplication, instead of writing the same data more than once, VDO detects and records each
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duplicate block as a reference to the original
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block. VDO maintains a mapping from Logical Block Addresses (LBA) (used by the
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storage layer above VDO) to physical block addresses (used by the storage
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layer under VDO). After deduplication, multiple logical block addresses
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may be mapped to the same physical block address; these are called shared
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blocks and are reference-counted by the software.
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.P
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With compression, VDO compresses multiple blocks (or shared blocks)
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with the fast LZ4 algorithm, and bins them together where possible so that
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multiple compressed blocks fit within a 4 KB block on the underlying
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storage. Mapping from LBA is to a physical block address and index within
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it for the desired compressed data. All compressed blocks are individually
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reference counted for correctness.
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.P
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Block sharing and block compression are invisible to applications using
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the storage, which read and write blocks as they would if VDO were not
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present. When a shared block is overwritten, a new physical block is
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allocated for storing the new block data to ensure that other logical
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block addresses that are mapped to the shared physical block are not
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modified.
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.P
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To use VDO with \fBlvm\fP(8), you must install the standard VDO user-space tools
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\fBvdoformat\fP(8) and the currently non-standard kernel VDO module
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"\fIkvdo\fP".
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.P
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The "\fIkvdo\fP" module implements fine-grained storage virtualization,
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thin provisioning, block sharing, and compression.
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The "\fIuds\fP" module provides memory-efficient duplicate
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identification. The user-space tools include \fBvdostats\fP(8)
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for extracting statistics from VDO volumes.
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.SH VDO TERMS
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.TP
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VDODataLV
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.br
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VDO data LV
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.br
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A large hidden LV with the _vdata suffix. It is created in a VG
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.br
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used by the VDO kernel target to store all data and metadata blocks.
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.TP
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VDOPoolLV
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.br
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VDO pool LV
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.br
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A pool for virtual VDOLV(s), which are the size of used VDODataLV.
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.br
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Only a single VDOLV is currently supported.
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.TP
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VDOLV
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.br
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VDO LV
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.br
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Created from VDOPoolLV.
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.br
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Appears blank after creation.
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.SH VDO USAGE
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.
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The primary methods for using VDO with lvm2:
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.nr step 1 1
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.SS \n[step]. Create a VDOPoolLV and a VDOLV
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Create a VDOPoolLV that will hold VDO data, and a
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virtual size VDOLV that the user can use. If you do not specify the virtual size,
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then the VDOLV is created with the maximum size that
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always fits into data volume even if no
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deduplication or compression can happen
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(i.e. it can hold the incompressible content of /dev/urandom).
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If you do not specify the name of VDOPoolLV, it is taken from
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the sequence of vpool0, vpool1 ...
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.P
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Note: The performance of TRIM/Discard operations is slow for large
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volumes of VDO type. Please try to avoid sending discard requests unless
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necessary because it might take considerable amount of time to finish the discard
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operation.
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.P
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.nf
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.B lvcreate --type vdo -n VDOLV -L DataSize -V LargeVirtualSize VG/VDOPoolLV
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.B lvcreate --vdo -L DataSize VG
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.fi
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvcreate --type vdo -n vdo0 -L 10G -V 100G vg/vdopool0
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# mkfs.ext4 -E nodiscard /dev/vg/vdo0
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. Convert an existing LV into VDOPoolLV
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Convert an already created or existing LV into a VDOPoolLV, which is a volume
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that can hold data and metadata.
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You will be prompted to confirm such conversion because it \fBIRREVERSIBLY
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DESTROYS\fP the content of such volume and the volume is immediately
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formatted by \fBvdoformat\fP(8) as a VDO pool data volume. You can
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specify the virtual size of the VDOLV associated with this VDOPoolLV.
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If you do not specify the virtual size, it will be set to the maximum size
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that can keep 100% incompressible data there.
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.P
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.nf
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.B lvconvert --type vdo-pool -n VDOLV -V VirtualSize VG/VDOPoolLV
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.B lvconvert --vdopool VG/VDOPoolLV
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.fi
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvconvert --type vdo-pool -n vdo0 -V10G vg/ExistingLV
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. Change the compression and deduplication of a VDOPoolLV
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Disable or enable the compression and deduplication for VDOPoolLV
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(the volume that maintains all VDO LV(s) associated with it).
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.P
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.B lvchange --compression y|n --deduplication y|n VG/VDOPoolLV
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvchange --compression n vg/vdopool0
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# lvchange --deduplication y vg/vdopool1
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. Change the default settings used for creating a VDOPoolLV
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VDO allows to set a large variety of options. Lots of these settings
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can be specified in lvm.conf or profile settings. You can prepare
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a number of different profiles in the \fI#DEFAULT_SYS_DIR#/profile\fP directory
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and just specify the profile file name.
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Check the output of \fBlvmconfig --type default --withcomments\fP
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for a detailed description of all individual VDO settings.
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# cat <<EOF > #DEFAULT_SYS_DIR#/profile/vdo_create.profile
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allocation {
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.RS
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vdo_use_compression=1
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vdo_use_deduplication=1
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vdo_use_metadata_hints=1
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vdo_minimum_io_size=4096
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vdo_block_map_cache_size_mb=128
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vdo_block_map_period=16380
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vdo_use_sparse_index=0
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vdo_index_memory_size_mb=256
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vdo_slab_size_mb=2048
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vdo_ack_threads=1
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vdo_bio_threads=1
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vdo_bio_rotation=64
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vdo_cpu_threads=2
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vdo_hash_zone_threads=1
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vdo_logical_threads=1
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vdo_physical_threads=1
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vdo_write_policy="auto"
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vdo_max_discard=1
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.RE
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}
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EOF
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.P
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# lvcreate --vdo -L10G --metadataprofile vdo_create vg/vdopool0
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# lvcreate --vdo -L10G --config 'allocation/vdo_cpu_threads=4' vg/vdopool1
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. Set or change VDO settings with option --vdosettings
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Use the form 'option=value' or 'option1=value option2=value',
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or repeat --vdosettings for each option being set.
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Options are listed in the Example section above, for the full description see
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.BR lvm.conf (5).
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Options can omit 'vdo_' and 'vdo_use_' prefixes and all its underscores.
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So i.e. vdo_use_metadata_hints=1 and metadatahints=1 are equivalent.
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To change the option for an already existing VDOPoolLV use
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.BR lvchange (8)
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command. However not all option can be changed.
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Only compression and deduplication options can be also changed for an active VDO LV.
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Lowest priority options are specified with configuration file,
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then with --vdosettings and highest are expliction option --compression
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and --deduplication.
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.P
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.I Example
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.P
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.nf
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# lvcreate --vdo -L10G --vdosettings 'ack_threads=1 hash_zone_threads=2' vg/vdopool0
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# lvchange --vdosettings 'bio_threads=2 deduplication=1' vg/vdopool0
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. Checking the usage of VDOPoolLV
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To quickly check how much data on a VDOPoolLV is already consumed,
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use \fBlvs\fP(8). The Data% field reports how much data is occupied
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in the content of the virtual data for the VDOLV and how much space is already
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consumed with all the data and metadata blocks in the VDOPoolLV.
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For a detailed description, use the \fBvdostats\fP(8) command.
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.P
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Note: \fBvdostats\fP(8) currently understands only \fI/dev/mapper\fP device names.
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvcreate --type vdo -L10G -V20G -n vdo0 vg/vdopool0
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# mkfs.ext4 -E nodiscard /dev/vg/vdo0
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# lvs -a vg
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.P
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LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data%
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vdo0 vg vwi-a-v--- 20.00g vdopool0 0.01
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vdopool0 vg dwi-ao---- 10.00g 30.16
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[vdopool0_vdata] vg Dwi-ao---- 10.00g
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.P
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# vdostats --all /dev/mapper/vg-vdopool0-vpool
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/dev/mapper/vg-vdopool0 :
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version : 30
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release version : 133524
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data blocks used : 79
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...
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. Extending the VDOPoolLV size
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You can add more space to hold VDO data and metadata by
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extending the VDODataLV using the commands
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\fBlvresize\fP(8) and \fBlvextend\fP(8).
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The extension needs to add at least one new VDO slab. You can configure
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the slab size with the \fB\%allocation/\:vdo_slab_size_mb\fP setting.
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.P
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You can also enable automatic size extension of a monitored VDOPoolLV
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with the \fBactivation/vdo_pool_autoextend_percent\fP and
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\fB\%activation/\:vdo_pool_autoextend_threshold\fP settings.
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.P
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Note: You cannot reduce the size of a VDOPoolLV.
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.P
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.B lvextend -L+AddingSize VG/VDOPoolLV
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvextend -L+50G vg/vdopool0
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# lvresize -L300G vg/vdopool1
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.fi
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.
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.SS \n+[step]. Extending or reducing the VDOLV size
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You can extend or reduce a virtual VDO LV as a standard LV with the
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\fBlvresize\fP(8), \fBlvextend\fP(8), and \fBlvreduce\fP(8) commands.
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.P
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Note: The reduction needs to process TRIM for reduced disk area
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to unmap used data blocks from the VDOPoolLV, which might take
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a long time.
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.P
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.B lvextend -L+AddingSize VG/VDOLV
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.br
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.B lvreduce -L-ReducingSize VG/VDOLV
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvextend -L+50G vg/vdo0
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# lvreduce -L-50G vg/vdo1
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# lvresize -L200G vg/vdo2
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. Component activation of a VDODataLV
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You can activate a VDODataLV separately as a component LV for examination
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purposes. The activation of the VDODataLV activates the data LV in read-only mode,
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and the data LV cannot be modified.
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If the VDODataLV is active as a component, any upper LV using this volume CANNOT
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be activated. You have to deactivate the VDODataLV first to continue to use the VDOPoolLV.
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvchange -ay vg/vpool0_vdata
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# lvchange -an vg/vpool0_vdata
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.fi
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.SH VDO TOPICS
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.nr step 1 1
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.SS \n[step]. Stacking VDO
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You can convert or stack a VDOPooLV with these currently supported
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volume types: linear, stripe, raid and cache with cachepool.
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.SS \n[step]. Using multiple volumes using same VDOPoolLV
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You can convert existing VDO LV into a thin volume. After this conversion
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you can create a thin snapshot or you can add more thin volumes
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with thin-pool named after orignal LV name LV_tpool0.
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvcreate --type vdo -L 5G -V 10G -n vdo1 vg/vdopool
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# lvconvert --type thin vg/vdo1
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# lvcreate -V20 vg/vdo1_tpool0
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. VDOPoolLV on top of raid
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Using a raid type LV for a VDODataLV.
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvcreate --type raid1 -L 5G -n vdopool vg
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# lvconvert --type vdo-pool -V 10G vg/vdopool
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. Caching a VDOPoolLV
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VDOPoolLV (accepts also VDODataLV volume name) caching provides a mechanism
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to accelerate reads and writes of already compressed and deduplicated
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data blocks together with VDO metadata.
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvcreate --type vdo -L 5G -V 10G -n vdo1 vg/vdopool
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# lvcreate --type cache-pool -L 1G -n cachepool vg
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# lvconvert --cache --cachepool vg/cachepool vg/vdopool
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# lvconvert --uncache vg/vdopool
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. Caching a VDOLV
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VDO LV cache allow you to 'cache' a device for better performance before
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it hits the processing of the VDO Pool LV layer.
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.P
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.I Example
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.nf
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# lvcreate --type vdo -L 5G -V 10G -n vdo1 vg/vdopool
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# lvcreate --type cache-pool -L 1G -n cachepool vg
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# lvconvert --cache --cachepool vg/cachepool vg/vdo1
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# lvconvert --uncache vg/vdo1
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.fi
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.SS \n+[step]. Usage of Discard/TRIM with a VDOLV
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You can discard data on a VDO LV and reduce used blocks on a VDOPoolLV.
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However, the current performance of discard operations is still not optimal
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and takes a considerable amount of time and CPU.
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Unless you really need it, you should avoid using discard.
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.P
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When a block device is going to be rewritten,
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its blocks will be automatically reused for new data.
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Discard is useful in situations when user knows that the given portion of a VDO LV
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is not going to be used and the discarded space can be used for block
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provisioning in other regions of the VDO LV.
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For the same reason, you should avoid using mkfs with discard for
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a freshly created VDO LV to save a lot of time that this operation would
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take otherwise as device is already expected to be empty.
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.SS \n+[step]. Memory usage
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The VDO target requires 38 MiB of RAM and several variable amounts:
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.IP \(bu 2
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1.15 MiB of RAM for each 1 MiB of configured block map cache size.
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The block map cache requires a minimum of 150 MiB RAM.
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.br
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.IP \(bu
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1.6 MiB of RAM for each 1 TiB of logical space.
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.br
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.IP \(bu
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268 MiB of RAM for each 1 TiB of physical storage managed by the volume.
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.br
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.P
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UDS requires a minimum of 250 MiB of RAM,
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which is also the default amount that deduplication uses.
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.P
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The memory required for the UDS index is determined by the index type
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and the required size of the deduplication window and
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is controlled by the \fBallocation/vdo_use_sparse_index\fP setting.
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.P
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With enabled UDS sparse indexing, it relies on the temporal locality of data
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and attempts to retain only the most relevant index entries in memory and
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can maintain a deduplication window that is ten times larger
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than with dense while using the same amount of memory.
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.P
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Although the sparse index provides the greatest coverage,
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the dense index provides more deduplication advice.
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For most workloads, given the same amount of memory,
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the difference in deduplication rates between dense
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and sparse indexes is negligible.
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.P
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A dense index with 1 GiB of RAM maintains a 1 TiB deduplication window,
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while a sparse index with 1 GiB of RAM maintains a 10 TiB deduplication window.
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In general, 1 GiB is sufficient for 4 TiB of physical space with
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a dense index and 40 TiB with a sparse index.
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.SS \n+[step]. Storage space requirements
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.
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You can configure a VDOPoolLV to use up to 256 TiB of physical storage.
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Only a certain part of the physical storage is usable to store data.
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This section provides the calculations to determine the usable size
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of a VDO-managed volume.
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.P
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The VDO target requires storage for two types of VDO metadata and for the UDS index:
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.IP \(bu 2
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The first type of VDO metadata uses approximately 1 MiB for each 4 GiB
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of physical storage plus an additional 1 MiB per slab.
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.IP \(bu
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The second type of VDO metadata consumes approximately 1.25 MiB
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for each 1 GiB of logical storage, rounded up to the nearest slab.
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.IP \(bu
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The amount of storage required for the UDS index depends on the type of index
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and the amount of RAM allocated to the index. For each 1 GiB of RAM,
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a dense UDS index uses 17 GiB of storage and a sparse UDS index will use
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170 GiB of storage.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.
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.nh
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.ad l
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.BR lvm (8),
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.BR lvm.conf (5),
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.BR lvmconfig (8),
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.BR lvcreate (8),
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.BR lvconvert (8),
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.BR lvchange (8),
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.BR lvextend (8),
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.BR lvreduce (8),
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.BR lvresize (8),
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.BR lvremove (8),
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.BR lvs (8),
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.P
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.BR vdoformat (8),
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.BR vdostats (8),
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.P
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.BR mkfs (8)
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