Interview Questions And Answers

Q: - How you will check on Your server or system device-mapper is installed or not?

Check the following file.
#cat /proc/misc

if this file contains "device-mapper" term it means device mapper is installed on your system.

Submitted By:-Parveen Kumar            Email-ID: - parveen.antil@gmail.com

Q: - How are snapshots in LVM2 different from LVM1?

In LVM2 snapshots are read/write by default, whereas in LVM1, snapshots were read only.

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Q: - What is the maximum size of a single LV?

For 2.4 based kernels, the maximum LV size is 2TB.
For 32-bit CPUs on 2.6 kernels, the maximum LV size is 16TB.
For 64-bit CPUs on 2.6 kernels, the maximum LV size is 8EB.

Submitted By:- Parveen Kumar            Email-ID: - parveen.antil@gmail.com

 

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