Pro & Cons of Creating Logical Volumes in Linux. ... If you're going to use LVM, make extensive and regular backups of the entire volume. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

LVM is a more flexible approach to managing disk space. It allows for resizing partitions (logical volumes) on the fly, creating snapshots, and combining multiple physical disks into one large virtual ...

We found Linux, XFS, LVM, ... When you take the snapshot, you're essentially creating a new LVM device that appears to be a duplicate of the "real" filesystem at a point in time.

If you need to have a "traditional" partition (in some cases, the /boot partition might need to be on a regular, non-LVM device), be sure to partition the drive before adding the physical volumes to ...

All Linux sysadmin books tell about the awesomeness of LVM. ... I know installers create LVM by default but people who have been here for more than 10^-1 centuries would know how to partition.

Learn how to add and manage Logical Volume Manager volumes on Linux systems — setting up basic LVM storage, creating volumes and more.