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Ubunutu server create lvm
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http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/40702/how-to-manage-and-use-lvm-logical-volume-management-in-ubuntu/

Ubuntu package

sudo apt-get install lvm2

Format partition with type 8e

Create lvm physical volume

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdx1

Create lvm volume group

sudo vgcreate storage_pool /dev/sdx1

Create logical volume

sudo lvcreate -L 1T -n storage storage_pool

Format new logical volume

sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/storage_pool/storage

Mount to /storage directory

mkdir /storage
sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/storage_pool/storage /storage

Add to /etc/fstab

# mount log data and index to lvm partition
/dev/storage_pool/storage                 /storage        ext4    defaults        0     1
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