LVM commands are slow with a large number of devices with multiple metadata areas in RHEL 5.6 or earlier

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Issue

  • LVM commands are slow with a large number of devices with multiple metadata areas in RHEL 5.6 or earlier
  • pvs is slow with a large number of devices

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6 or earlier
  • lvm2 prior to release 2.02.84-6.el5
  • Many storage devices

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