From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from null.msp.redhat.com (null.msp.redhat.com [172.16.31.120]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i2QGGjj21268 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:16:45 -0500 Received: from null.msp.redhat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by null.msp.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i2QGGj7c021162 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:16:45 -0600 Received: (from alewis@localhost) by null.msp.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i2QGGjQm021161 for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:16:45 -0600 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:16:44 -0600 From: AJ Lewis Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] 2 TB limit Message-ID: <20040326161644.GF12948@null.msp.redhat.com> References: <005601c412af$748d71a0$1fa0a8c0@blec> <200403261813.50041.krustev@krustev.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="byLs0wutDcxFdwtm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403261813.50041.krustev@krustev.net> Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: To: LVM general discussion and development --byLs0wutDcxFdwtm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 06:13:50PM +0200, Delian Krustev wrote: > On Thursday 25 March 2004 23:23, Brad Vrabete wrote: >=20 > > Is there any was to create a logigal volume larger than 2TB? Can LVM2 do > > that? >=20 > 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. --=20 AJ Lewis Voice: 612-638-0500 Red Hat Inc. E-Mail: alewis@redhat.com 720 Washington Ave. SE, Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN 55414 Current GPG fingerprint =3D FE77 4B43 6A9B F982 A731 02FA 2BF5 7574 294A A= A5A Grab the key at: http://people.redhat.com/alewis/gpg.html or one of the many keyservers out there... -----Begin Obligatory Humorous Quote---------------------------------------- File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N) -----End Obligatory Humorous Quote------------------------------------------ --byLs0wutDcxFdwtm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAZFds9QxUqFeMhxURAv51AJwNQ3yH3+kcNIH5qyeFKrycxMCXogCdExFx u/77LFh20W/KpzluxZeaP8Y= =8nfE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --byLs0wutDcxFdwtm--