LVM-Thin

E724182

LVM feature Linux storage management feature thin provisioning technology

LVM-Thin is a Linux Logical Volume Manager feature that provides thin-provisioned storage pools, enabling efficient, flexible allocation of disk space for virtual machines and containers.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
LVM	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	LVM feature ⓘ Linux storage management feature ⓘ thin provisioning technology ⓘ
category	Linux storage technology ⓘ logical volume management ⓘ thin provisioning ⓘ
commonlyUsedFor	KVM virtual machines ⓘ cloud infrastructure storage ⓘ container host storage ⓘ
compatibleWith	Btrfs file system ⓘ XFS file system ⓘ ext4 file system ⓘ
configuredAs	thin logical volume ⓘ thin pool logical volume ⓘ
configuredWith	lvcreate ⓘ
documentedIn	LVM2 manual pages ⓘ
enables	efficient disk space allocation ⓘ flexible allocation of logical volumes ⓘ over-provisioning of storage ⓘ
hasLimitation	requires monitoring of pool free space ⓘ risk of pool over-allocation ⓘ
implements	space-efficient allocation on write ⓘ
introducedIn	LVM2 thin provisioning extensions ⓘ
managedWith	lvm2 tools ⓘ
optimizes	physical storage utilization ⓘ
partOf	LVM2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux Logical Volume Manager NERFINISHED ⓘ
provides	thin-provisioned logical volumes ⓘ thin-provisioned storage pools ⓘ
relatedTo	device-mapper thin provisioning target NERFINISHED ⓘ traditional LVM linear volumes ⓘ
requires	LVM2 kernel support ⓘ device-mapper NERFINISHED ⓘ
runsOn	Linux NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	container storage ⓘ online expansion of thin pools ⓘ online expansion of thin volumes ⓘ virtual machine storage ⓘ
supportsFeature	copy-on-write ⓘ discard/TRIM for space reclamation ⓘ snapshots ⓘ space-efficient snapshots ⓘ
usedBy	Linux distributions ⓘ cloud platforms based on Linux ⓘ enterprise virtualization platforms ⓘ
usesConcept	data volume ⓘ metadata volume ⓘ thin pool ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proxmox VE → supportsStorageTechnology → LVM-Thin ⓘ

Sabayon Linux → supports → LVM-Thin ⓘ

this entity surface form: LVM

Void Linux → supports → LVM-Thin ⓘ

this entity surface form: LVM