LVM is an incredibly flexible, ridiculously useful and not terribly complicated to use system. It makes life easier. It makes future storage upgrades and migrations simple. Quite simply, I love it. So ...

Linux offers a plethora of tools for disk partitioning, including: fdisk: A command-line utility ideal for MBR disks. gdisk: Similar to fdisk but for GPT disks. parted: A versatile tool that supports ...

For this issue we cover the Linux.Ars visit to the OhioLinux fest, LVM snapshotting with XFS for hot backups, Tomboy, and more. On October 2nd, Jorge Castro and I found ourselves on our way to the ...

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

The capability has been built into the Linux kernel since 1999, contributed by Sistina Software. ... If you're going to use LVM, make extensive and regular backups of the entire volume.