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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvm versus Veritas VxVM?
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On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 14:47 -0400, Jon Price wrote:
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> Hi,
>  
> How does lvm compare to Veritas VxVM?

IMHO, the toolset with lvm2 is simpler to understand.


And of course, lvm2 is free!!!!

With that said, I haven't tried clvm... I've only done clustering using
VxVM.  Also, VxVM has PLATFORM LIMITATIONS... so it's not supported as
well as lvm2 which is almost everywhere (Linux wise).