{"id":71,"date":"2007-03-19T00:16:47","date_gmt":"2007-03-19T06:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supportpro.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:28:42","slug":"lvm-an-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/lvm-an-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"LVM &#8211; An Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"71\" class=\"elementor elementor-71\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33635b1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33635b1b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b23ad71\" data-id=\"5b23ad71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-756ab68d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"756ab68d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>LVM HOWTO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is an attempt to collect everything needed to know to get LVM up and running. 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