What is the I/O performance difference when lvm is created on a disk or partition?

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Issue

  • What is the best way to create a Logical Volume (lvm) for performance.
  • What is the performance impact when lvm is created on a single disk or partition?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Logical Volume Manager(lvm2)

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