alt Hacker News> Why they didn't just refer to it as LVM is beyond me.
Because it isn't LVM, and giving it the same name as another similar-but-distinct technology would just make matters more confusing.
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throwaway27448 • yesterday at 10:13 PM
Does it not manage logical volumes?
sysguest • yesterday at 9:50 PM
...like route 53? which is "dns configuration, but fancier"
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According to the Wikipedia article about CoreStorage, it seems like the primary/only use case was Fusion drives (hybrid SSD/HDD hardware).
The article says “It renders your expensive storage hardware completely useless.” but I’m really curious what that hardware could actually be. This seems like a pretty dead technology.