Re: Logical volume management

From: Alexander Leidinger (Alexander_at_Leidinger.net)
Date: 11/18/05

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    Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:02:23 +0100
To: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>

    Brian Candler <B.Candler@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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