Logical Volume Manager (Linux)
In Linux, Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a device mapper framework that provides logical volume management for the Linux kernel. Most modern Linux distributions are LVM-aware to the point of being able to have their root file systems on a logical volume.
| Original author(s) | Heinz Mauelshagen |
|---|---|
| Stable release | |
| Repository | sourceware |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, NetBSD |
| License | GPLv2 |
| Website | sourceware |
Heinz Mauelshagen wrote the original LVM code in 1998, when he was working at Sistina Software, taking its primary design guidelines from the HP-UX's volume manager.
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