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From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>
To: Rakesh Malewar <rakesh_malewar@yahoo.co.in>
Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: LVM support
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On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:33:28AM +0100, Rakesh Malewar wrote:
> hi,
> 
> Can you please tell me wheather there is any support
> for LVM(Logical Volume Manager) in FreeBSD 4.5
> 
> and if no then is there any work going on or is any
> one doing some project on LVM ..?
> 
> wheather you are going to give any support to LVM in
> your future FreeBSD releases...?
> 
> If no then what are the drawbacks of LVM.. ?
> 

I assume that you are referring to the LVM for Linux.  I'm
not aware of any *public* efforts to port it.  The vinum driver
does, however, act as a logical volume manager in many respects,
and may be suitable to your needs.

Scott

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