The EVMS project provides unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing storage. This project represents a new approach to logical volume management. The architecture introduces a plug-in model that allows for easy expansion or customization of various levels of volume management. . In order to make use of it, you must use a kernel which includes the EVMS patch, available in the linux-patch-evms package. . This package contains a command-line interface used to manage EVMS volumes.