VolumeManagement
Volume management is the set of processes and tools used to manage storage volumes presented to an operating system or application. It abstracts physical disks into logical units that can be sized, named, formatted, mounted, and managed independently of their underlying hardware.
Key concepts include physical volumes, volume groups (or pools), and logical volumes. A physical volume corresponds
Common implementations include Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM), ZFS, and Windows Storage Spaces. Hardware-based volume management
Features typically include dynamic resizing of volumes, snapshots and clones for backup or testing, thin provisioning,
Typical workflows involve creating physical volumes from disks, forming a volume group, carving logical volumes, formatting
Benefits include flexible allocation, easier growth, and centralized management; challenges include complexity, potential performance overhead, and