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From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolinux.com>
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Cc: andrew@lvadp.fc.hp.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] What is the the maximum logical volume size?
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:59:47 -0600 (MDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200104161759.f3GHxlID013967@webber.adilger.int> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200104161649.f3GGnOu02530@lvadp.fc.hp.com> "from Andrew Patterson at Apr 16, 2001 10:49:24 am"

Andrew writes:
> > It may be 1 TB or it may be 2TB.  Depends on whether all of the code
> > in use use uses unsigned longs for block numbers, or if some use signed
> > longs.
> > 
> > Does it really matter?  This is PER LV, 
> 
> What does "PER" mean?

My Websters defines "per" as "for each [ 50 cents _per_ yard ]".  That
means, you can have up to 1TB (or maybe 2TB) for _each_ LV.  This is NOT
a 1TB limit for the total size of all the LVs in a single VG.

Cheers, Andreas
-- 
Andreas Dilger  \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto,
                 \  would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/               -- Dogbert

      reply	other threads:[~2001-04-16 17:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-11 21:58 [linux-lvm] What is the the maximum logical volume size? Andrew Patterson
2001-04-14  0:28 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-04-16 16:49   ` Andrew Patterson
2001-04-16 17:59     ` Andreas Dilger [this message]

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