Does Red Hat recommend to use lvm volume or physical partitions for filesystems?

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  • Does Red Hat recommend to use lvm volume or physical partitions for filesystems? Please share information on advantages, disadvantages of using lvm volumes and physical partitions for root/non-root filesystem.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7

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