**1. 物理卷Physical volume (PV):可以在上面建立卷组的媒介,可以是硬盘分区,也可以是硬盘本身或者回环文件(loopback file)。物理卷包括一个特殊的header,其余部分被切割为一块块物理区域(physical extents)。 Think of physical volumes as big building blocks which can be used to build your hard drive.
2. 卷组Volume group (VG):将一组物理卷收集为一个管理单元。Group of physical volumes that are used as storage volume (as one disk). They contain logical volumes. Think of volume groups as hard drives.
3. 逻辑卷Logical volume (LV):虚拟分区,由物理区域(physical extents)组成。A "virtual/logical partition" that resides in a volume group and is composed of physical extents. Think of logical volumes as normal partitions.
4 物理区域Physical extent (PE):硬盘可供指派给逻辑卷的最小单位(通常为4MB)。A small part of a disk (usually 4MB) that can be assigned to a logical Volume. Think of physical extents as parts of disks that can be allocated to any partition.**