[linux-lvm] Re: [lvm-devel] [ANNOUNCE] LVM reimplementation ready for beta testing

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 10:36:10PM +0000, James Hawtin wrote:
> Licencing is important to me, too. Also is it pv/lv compatible with lvm 1
> or is it system rebuild time.....

LVM2 supports the existing LVM1 on disk metadata format and will support another
so called format2 soon which has enhanced metadata redundancy and transaction 
oriented updates in order to largely reduce the likelyhood of inacessable
VGs and metadata restores.

IOW: it will make LVM more insensible to hardware flaws.


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> James
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Regards,
Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --

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