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The Logical Volume Manager (LVM) provides means to dynamically organize partitions. | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(Linux) The Logical Volume Manager] (LVM) provides means to dynamically organize partitions. | ||
== Basic Setup == | == Basic Setup == | ||
LVM manages three types: | LVM manages three types: | ||
; Physical volume (PV) : Space reservation consisting of a disk partition, a whole disk, a meta device, or a loopback file. | |||
; Volume group (VG) : Group of physical volumes. | |||
; Logical volume (LV) : Space reservation inside a volume group, which may be laid across multiple physical volumes. | |||
=== Create a logical volume === | === Create a logical volume === | ||
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=== Disko === | === Disko === | ||
Disko provides means to automatically generate the creation and configuration of logical volumes, see https://github.com/nix-community/disko | [[Disko]] provides means to automatically generate the creation and configuration of logical volumes, see https://github.com/nix-community/disko | ||
[[Category:Filesystem]] | |||