Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:24:10 +0000 (UTC) From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r217780 - head/sbin/geom/class/virstor Message-ID: <201101241424.p0OEOAGN093230@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: ivoras Date: Mon Jan 24 14:24:10 2011 New Revision: 217780 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/217780 Log: Added a blurb about thin provisioning, fixed some formatting. Modified: head/sbin/geom/class/virstor/gvirstor.8 Modified: head/sbin/geom/class/virstor/gvirstor.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/geom/class/virstor/gvirstor.8 Mon Jan 24 14:01:30 2011 (r217779) +++ head/sbin/geom/class/virstor/gvirstor.8 Mon Jan 24 14:24:10 2011 (r217780) @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Ivan Voras <ivoras@FreeBSD.org> +.\" Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Ivan Voras <ivoras@FreeBSD.org> .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 17, 2008 +.Dd January 24, 2011 .Dt GVIRSTOR 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ The idea behind is similar to the concept of Virtual Memory in operating systems, effectively allowing users to overcommit on storage .Pq free file system space . +The concept is also known as "thin provisioning" in virtualization +environments, only here it is implemented on the level of physical storage +devices. +.Pp The first argument to .Nm indicates an action to be performed:
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