From: AJ Lewis <alewis@redhat.com>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] 2 TB limit
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:16:44 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040326161644.GF12948@null.msp.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200403261813.50041.krustev@krustev.net>
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On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 06:13:50PM +0200, Delian Krustev wrote:
> On Thursday 25 March 2004 23:23, Brad Vrabete wrote:
>
> > Is there any was to create a logigal volume larger than 2TB? Can LVM2 do
> > that?
>
> I think it can. However tha maximum size for a block device in 2.4 kernels
> is 2TB. You should try 2.6, and use large enough PE size.
The PE size limitation isn't present in lvm2 (The version of lvm that works
in 2.6) if you use the native lvm2 format. So you should be able to create
larger than 2TB LVs with LVM2. Just FYI.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-26 16:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-25 21:23 [linux-lvm] 2 TB limit Brad Vrabete
2004-03-25 23:17 ` Goetz Bock
2004-03-26 16:13 ` Delian Krustev
2004-03-26 16:16 ` AJ Lewis [this message]
2004-05-12 21:32 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2004-09-02 20:15 ` P. Larry Nelson
2004-09-03 20:01 ` Peter Smith
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