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LVM2 vs XCP-ng

A side-by-side look at LVM2 and XCP-ng. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

LVM2

LVM2

System & Hardware

LVM2 (Logical Volume Manager 2) is an open-source logical volume manager for Linux. It manages disk drives and similar mass-storage devices to provide large, flexible storage volumes for partitions and file systems.

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XCP-ng

XCP-ng

Network & Admin

XCP-ng is an open-source hypervisor platform based on Xen. It is a community-driven fork of Citrix XenServer aimed at providing a free, fully-featured virtualization solution.

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