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D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9615-8_20

20. Logical Volume Management (LVM)

David Both1  
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn

  • The advantages of logical volume management (LVM)

  • The structure of LVM

  • To manage LVM systems

  • To create new volume groups (VGs) and logical volumes (LVs) with EXT4

  • To add space to existing volume groups and logical volumes

The Need for Logical Volume Management

Managing disk space has always been a significant task for SysAdmins. Running out of disk space used to be the start of a long and complex series of tasks to increase the space available to a ...

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