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Logical Volume Manager (Linux)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a <a href="/facts/Device_mapper/MuSuYo3B">device mapper</a> framework that provides <a href="/facts/Logical_volume_management/ku3Ivefk">logical volume management</a> for the <a href="/facts/Linux_kernel/dlkduHuA">Linux kernel</a>. Most modern <a href="/facts/Linux_distribution/0vVl4N4f">Linux distributions</a> are LVM-aware to the point of being able to have their <a href="/facts/Root_file_system/oJN5waeT">root file systems</a> on a <a href="/facts/Logical_volume/ku3Ivefk">logical volume</a>. </p><p>Heinz Mauelshagen wrote the original LVM code in 1998, when he was working at <a href="/facts/Sistina_Software/dG83gac8">Sistina Software</a>, taking its primary design guidelines from the <a href="/facts/HP-UX/hIvLDdJF">HP-UX</a>'s volume manager. </p>