Logical Volume Management Journaling filesystems


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Table of contents

Introduction

What is LVM

traditonal disk/filesystem layout

LVM filesystem Physical Layout

LVM Logical layout

Physical Volumes

Volume Groups

Logical Volumes

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Constrants of LVM

Advantages of LVM

Where RAID fits in

Alternative LVM systems

Crappy Filesystems

Currently Available Filesystems

Principles of Journaling Filesystems

FS comparison

Other Journaling FS's

Conclusion

References

Author: Timothy Keller

E-mail: tim.keller@stratus.com