Volume layouts in VxVM

A VxVM virtual device is defined by a volume. A volume has a layout defined by the association of a volume to one or more plexes, each of which map to subdisks. The volume presents a virtual device interface that is exposed to other applications for data access. These logical building blocks re-map the volume address space through which I/O is re-directed at run-time.

Different volume layouts each provide different levels of storage service. A volume layout can be configured and reconfigured to match particular levels of desired storage service.