6.1.3.2. ...improving performance?

The LVM system has striping capability, which spreads data over multiple PVs. Data can be read from multiple PVs simultaneously, increasing throughput in some cases.

To enable striping, use the -i (stripe-count) and -I (stripe-size) arguments to the lvcreate command:

# lvcreate main -i 3 -I 8 --name mysql --size 20G

The stripe count must be equal to or less than the number of PVs in the VG, and the stripe size (which is in kilobytes) must be a power of 2 between 4 and 512.

You can also select striping in the LV Properties area of the Create New Logical Volume dialog ( Figure 6-4 ).