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Summary

In this chapter, you learned:

  • LVM allows you to create flexible storage by allocating space on multiple storage devices.

  • Physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volumes are managed by a variety of tools such as pvcreate, vgreduce, and lvextend.

  • Logical volumes can be formatted with a file system or swap space, and they can be mounted persistently.

  • Additional storage can be added to volume groups and logical volumes can be extended dynamically.

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