[linux-lvm] LVM limits on 64 bits

[linux-lvm] LVM limits on 64 bits

[Yannick Lecaillez]

Hi !

	I'm new to the list and LVM.

	I whish to know the true maximum size for a logical volume, 
volume group and how many physical volumes LVM can manage on a IA64
system running RHEL 3.

	Numbers i found on the net found are old (2001/2002) and i
need to deploy solution with several tera byte.

	Thanks !

Re: [linux-lvm] LVM limits on 64 bits

[Heinz Mauelshagen]

On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 11:01:32AM +0200, Yannick Lecaillez wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> 	I'm new to the list and LVM.
> 
> 	I whish to know the true maximum size for a logical volume, 
> volume group and how many physical volumes LVM can manage on a IA64
> system running RHEL 3.

Up to 256 PVs per VG and up to 256 LVs system total.
Up to 2TB per PV/LV because of the Linux 2.4 block device layer constraint.

Eg. create a VG with up to 256PVs, each 2TB in size -> 512TB VG size.
That VG can have as many as 256 LV, each max. 2TB in size.

You typically have more than 1 VG *and* the max. 256 LVs/system
still applies (eg, 2 VGs could have 156 LVs in the first one and up to 100 LVs
in the 2nd one).

> 
> 	Numbers i found on the net found are old (2001/2002) and i
> need to deploy solution with several tera byte.

If you need more than 2TB/LV, the LVM1 compatible device-mapper/LVM2
in Linux 2.6 is your friend, because 2.6 supports large block devices
beyond 2TB.

> 
> 	Thanks !
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [linux-lvm] LVM limits on 64 bits

[Yannick Lecaillez]

> > 
> > 	Numbers i found on the net found are old (2001/2002) and i
> > need to deploy solution with several tera byte.
> 
> If you need more than 2TB/LV, the LVM1 compatible device-mapper/LVM2
> in Linux 2.6 is your friend, because 2.6 supports large block devices
> beyond 2TB.

For this project i think i will use Redhat AS 3. I see this version
backport some feature of the 2.6 kernel. Do you know is this include the
large block devices support ?

In fact, the main question is : Is RHEL3 + LVM + GFS + Oracle is usable
in production with a database which could grow up to more than 100 Tb of
data ?