Linux (and Unix) have generally referred to disk partitions by their "traditional" device name, such as /dev/sda2 or /dev/hda5. However, this kind of name for a particular partition can (and will ...

Hi,I have a dedicated server that was provisioned with "default" partitioning.At that time, I had no intention of using LVM, and I didn't consider asking for a better partition setup, for LVM ...

Libstdc++.so UI of Visual LVM Remote With a concise UI, partitions/physical volumes/logical volumes are displayed by disk layout. With a glance, disk/volume group information can be obtained ...

Under Linux, an LVM is enabled by a kernel-loadable module, similar to a device driver in Windows. Kernel modules capture disk functions from user operations and convert them to write to the ...

Notice also how two inner and two outer disk partitions were allocated to each solution. The idea was to eliminate any unintentional speed advantages due to quicker access times for inner disk tracks.

Linux installation sets up fixed partition sizes as the default behavior. Logical volumes allow you to leave unpartitioned space on the hard disk and add it to a specific partition as needed ...

Hello all, I recently inherited a (critical database app) rhel 4 box running LVM across a SAN. Box behaves badly if someone "looks" at the SAN the wrong way. After some digging I found that the ...