Hi, You just need free space in VG for all modifications done by mysql in the filesystem while the snapshot is in used. If mysql is quiet 1Mo might be enough ! I'll bet that if your database is 15GB size, 2GB should be enough. On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Michael A. Toth <lirul.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Lenz, > > First of all I would like to give my congratulation for mylvmbackup! > :) Very-very useful script. > I've got a question about free space in VG for snapshot. I'm not a LVM > expert, so sorry. If I want to make 15 GB size partition for MySQL > datas (there will InnoDB-only), then how many space I have to leave > free in volume group for snapshot to make backup safely? > > Thanks, > Michael > (Sorry for my bad English.) > > Romuald -- -Tout ce qui n'est pas donné est perdu - Hasari Pal