====== Implementations ======
 
^ Vendor ^ Introduced in ^ Volume manager ^ Allocate anywhere ^ Snapshots ^ RAID0 ^ RAID1 ^ RAID5 ^
| IBM| AIX| Logical Volume Manager | YES ^ NO| YES| YES ^ NO |
| Hewlett-Packard | HP-UX 9.0 | HP Logical Volume Manager | YES| YES| YES| YES ^ NO |
| | FreeBSD| Vinum volume manager | YES ^ NO| YES| YES| YES|
| | Linux 2.2| Logical Volume Manager| YES| YES| YES| YES ^ NO |
| | Linux 2.4| Enterprise Volume \\ Management System | YES| YES| YES| YES| YES|
| Silicon Graphics| Irix or Linux| XVM Volume Manager| YES| YES| YES| YES | YES |
| Sun Microsystems| Solaris 8| Solaris Volume Manager \\ (was Solstice DiskSuite)^NO^NO|YES|YES|YES|
| Veritas| | Veritas Volume Manager \\ (VxVM)| YES| YES | YES| YES| YES|
| Microsoft| Windows 2000| Logical Disk Manager ^ NO^ NO| YES| YES| YES|