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)
NONOYESYESYES
Veritas Veritas Volume Manager
(VxVM)
YES YES YES YES YES
Microsoft Windows 2000 Logical Disk Manager NO NO YES YES YES