Added a blurb about thin provisioning, fixed some formatting.
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.\" Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Ivan Voras <ivoras@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Ivan Voras <ivoras@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd December 17, 2008
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.Dd January 24, 2011
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.Dt GVIRSTOR 8
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.Dt GVIRSTOR 8
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.Sh NAME
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.Sh NAME
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is similar to the concept of Virtual Memory in operating systems,
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is similar to the concept of Virtual Memory in operating systems,
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effectively allowing users to overcommit on storage
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effectively allowing users to overcommit on storage
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.Pq free file system space .
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.Pq free file system space .
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The concept is also known as "thin provisioning" in virtualization
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environments, only here it is implemented on the level of physical storage
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devices.
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.Pp
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The first argument to
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The first argument to
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.Nm
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.Nm
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indicates an action to be performed:
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indicates an action to be performed:
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