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Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) Feature Comparisonwith Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)
Feature/Functionality
BenefitSVMVxVM
PriceCostFree$$$Solaris Integration (updates/patches)Support
✔ ✘
Heterogeneous platformsManagement
✘ ✔
Mirrored Copies (RAID 1)Availability
✔ ✔
Multiple MirrorsAvailability
✔ ✔
Distributed Parity (RAID 5)Availability
✔ ✔
Striped Mirrors (RAID 0+1)Performance &Availability
✔ ✔
Mirrored Stripes (RAID 1+0)Performance &Availability
✔ ✔
Serial Write CapabilityIntegrity &Reliability
✔ ✘
Overlapped Writes from MultipleServers
Integrity &Reliability
✘ ✔
Auto-Rebuild of Failed Mirrors & RAID(Hot Spares)Availability
✔ ✔
Single Instance Multipath(Loadbalancing/Alternate Pathing)Performance &Availability
✔ ✔
Simultaneous Access to DataPerformance
✔ ✔
Import/Export DisksetsAvailability &Manageability
✔ ✔
Striping/Concatenating (RAID 0)Performance
✔ ✔
Partial MirrorsPerformance
✘ ✔
Fast Mirror Re-Synchronization(includes 3
rd
Mirror breakoff)Availability
✔ ✔
Soft Partitioning on a Single VolumeManageability
✔ ✔
Partitioning ManagementManageability
✔ ✔
Partition Protection (EnableOverlapping Partition)Manageability
✔ ✔
Disk Label ProtectionManageability
NA
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1
✔
Device ID SupportManageability
✔ ✔
DisksetsManageability
✔ ✔
Flexible Configuration RepositoryManageability
✔ ✘
Metadata Input File UpdatesManageability
✔ ✔
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