| 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 |