Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
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Most people install {pve} directly on a local disk. The {pve}
installation CD offers several options for local disk management, and
the current default setup uses LVM. The installer let you select a
single disk for such setup, and uses that disk as physical volume for
-the **V**olume **G**roup (VG) 'pve'. The following output is from a
+the **V**olume **G**roup (VG) `pve`. The following output is from a
test installation using a small 8GB disk:
----
swap pve -wi-ao---- 896.00m
----
-root:: Formatted as 'ext4', and contains the operation system.
+root:: Formatted as `ext4`, and contains the operation system.
swap:: Swap partition
images. LVM-thin is preferable for this task, because it offers
efficient support for snapshots and clones.
+Hardware
+~~~~~~~~
+
+We highly recommend to use a hardware RAID controller (with BBU) for
+such setups. This increases performance, provides redundancy, and make
+disk replacements easier (hot-pluggable).
+
+LVM itself does not need any special hardware, and memory requirements
+are very low.
+
+
+Bootloader
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+We install two boot loaders by default. The first partition contains
+the standard GRUB boot loader. The second partition is an **E**FI **S**ystem
+**P**artition (ESP), which makes it possible to boot on EFI systems.