Detailed study on Linux Logical Volume Manager
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چکیده
Logical Volumes have the following advantages over physical volumes 1. Flexible Capacity: Since multiple disks can be aggregated into single logical volume files systems can extend over multiple disks. 2. Resize-ability: The size of the logical volume can be increased or decreased without reformatting the underlying disk. 3. Disk Striping: Logical volumes can stripe across two or more disks. 4. Snapshots: Logical volumes can be snapshotted without having to replicate the entire volume data. 5. Mirroring: Data in a logical volume can be mirrored to another logical volume.
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