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11-22-2012

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LVM Allocation Requests

Reading up on LVM allocation policy and I'm still unclear on one particular point: what qualifies as an "allocation request"? Are extents allocated when you create/resize logical volumes or by some other event?

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12-07-2012

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fwiw, the allocation request for a logical extent happens at the time that the logical volume is created.

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