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What is Logical Volume manager in Linux?

Topics to be covered in this blogpost: What is LVM and its examples . Advantage of LVM Posssibilities of LVM Realtime LVM Examples Adding new Space /Disk using LVM  What is LVM ? LVM is used to manage volume and disk on the linux Server. LVM allows disks to be combined together. Example of LVM: Like partition of disk in windows C,D drive similarly we can do the same in Linux. Single disk can be divided into different partitions. Multiple disks can be combined and grouped into one. LVM can be understood using the image below: Advantage of LVM: In case of disk is running out of space ,you can add new disk without breaking partitions of your  file system. Possibilities of LVM: 1.New space can be created on server for new project 2.In case of the low disk space we can increase the space. 3.In case of the extra space allocated to the partition, capacity can be reallocated (reduce capacity in one volume group and add it to another.) 4. Possibilities and different combinations of LVM can be e