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... simple introductionto working with LVMPosted by Steve on Wed 28 Jun 2006 at 21:22Tags: cookbook, filesystems, howto, lvmThe logical volume manager allows you to create and manage the storage ... be a little confusing to newcomer so this guide intends to show the basics in a simple manner.There several pieces of terminology that you'll need to understand to make the best use of ... (ie. 4x5Gb drives can be combined into one 20Gb volume group, and you can then create two 10Gb logical volumes.)Logically these are stacked from top to bottom like this:can create a dedicated...
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