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Consistent backup with Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) snapshots

last updated June 1, 2006 in Categories Backup, data center, Data recovery, FAQ, File system, Howto, Linux, MySQL

LVM is an implementation of a logical volume manager for the Linux kernel. The biggest advantage is that LVM provides the ability to make a snapshot of any logical volume.

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