LVM (Logical Volume Manager)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf volume management software
gptkbp:alternativeTo traditional disk partitioning
gptkbp:category gptkb:software
gptkbp:commandLineTool lvcreate
lvremove
pvcreate
pvremove
vgcreate
vgremove
lvm
gptkbp:component gptkb:operating_system
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Heinz_Mauelshagen
gptkbp:feature error recovery
data migration
metadata management
hot swapping
mirrored volumes
striped volumes
thin provisioning
encryption support
dynamic resizing
RAID volumes
device aggregation
disk replacement
online volume management
volume merging
volume snapshots
volume splitting
gptkbp:firstReleased 1998
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label LVM (Logical Volume Manager)
gptkbp:includedIn most Linux distributions
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion 2.03.21
gptkbp:license gptkb:GNU_General_Public_License
gptkbp:operatingSystem gptkb:Linux
gptkbp:programmingLanguage C
gptkbp:provides logical volumes
physical volumes
volume groups
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:ZFS
gptkb:Btrfs
gptkb:device_mapper
gptkb:RAID
gptkbp:supports mirroring
logical volume management
snapshots
striping
resizing volumes
gptkbp:usedFor managing disk storage
gptkbp:website https://sourceware.org/lvm2/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:AIX_operating_system
gptkb:Qubes_Qubes_Core_LVM
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7