Re: Logical volume management

From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander_at_Leidinger.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:02:23 +0100
Brian Candler <B.Candler_at_pobox.com> wrote:

> Vinum's manpage makes my head spin. I was wondering if anyone had considered
> implementing something a bit more straightforward and also more dynamic.

Yes, someone had, but not for FreeBSD.

> - What I'm suggesting may or may not look like Linux's LVM; I've never used
> that. If its data structure is suitable, we can just use that and gain some
> compatibility for multi-boot systems.

This statement is a little bit simplified, but you're describing a stripped
and crippled down version of Solaris ZFS (at least from the functionality
point of view).

Bye,
Alexander.

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