February 2020
Intermediate to advanced
734 pages
38h 13m
English
The LVM is something of an optional master control panel for Linux storage devices. It can combine several devices into one, allows arbitrary storage grouping, which is far more granular than simple partitions, and provides functionality such as data snapshots and reorganization. It's very powerful and, in the right hands, greatly improves potential server uptime.
It is also the first layer above the raw storage device in our stack. We start with LVM instead of DRBD, because DRBD at the device level is extremely messy. So, what do we gain by insulating DRBD from the raw storage device? Take a look at the following:
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