From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i5C7DO012099 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:13:24 -0400 Received: from mail.ukfsn.org (s2.ukfsn.org [217.158.120.143]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5C7DIXn020949 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:13:18 -0400 Received: from localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98F25E6D66 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:10:58 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31392-19 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:10:58 +0100 (BST) Received: from oak.dgreaves.com (modem-3437.kawau.dialup.pol.co.uk [81.78.157.109]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B93E6D5D for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:10:57 +0100 (BST) Received: from ash.dgreaves.com ([10.0.0.126]) by oak.dgreaves.com with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1BZ2jD-0001QW-IP for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:14:59 +0100 Message-ID: <40CAAD06.2010106@dgreaves.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:13:10 +0100 From: David Greaves MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Stripes and PE's References: <0HZ600B8D5NVF4@l-daemon> In-Reply-To: <0HZ600B8D5NVF4@l-daemon> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development I had a similar problem. I fixed it by turning off contiguous http://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2004-April/msg00050.html Can't say anyone was particularly helpful about enlightening me :) Maybe you could create a non-striped contiguous over a striped md array? David Tyler wrote: >I'm having problems creating a logical volume on a 4 disk SCSI volume group. >I want to use the entire space as 1 LV that is striped, but can't seem to do >it. > >I get an error telling me I don't have enough Physical Extents, when I >clearly do. > >livecd root # vgdisplay > --- Volume group --- > VG Name group > System ID > Format lvm2 > Metadata Areas 4 > Metadata Sequence No 1 > VG Access read/write > VG Status resizable > MAX LV 255 > Cur LV 0 > Open LV 0 > Max PV 255 > Cur PV 4 > Act PV 4 > VG Size 13.91 GB > PE Size 4.00 MB > Total PE 3560 > Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0 > Free PE / Size 3560 / 13.91 GB > VG UUID DjxWid-oxqx-zol9-Lu8a-CO94-AsBn-c7k3le > >livecd root # lvcreate -i4 -I16 -l3560 -nstorage group > Insufficient allocatable extents suitable for striping for logical volume >storage: 3560 required >livecd root # lvcreate -i4 -I16 -l3000 -nstorage group > Insufficient allocatable extents suitable for striping for logical volume >storage: 3000 required > >Even if I try to use less space then it says I have, it still wont let me. > >I've had this error before, but never found a solution. I also have not >found the solution on the mailing list archives either. I can create a >contiguous LV, but without striping. I'd like to have it striped if I >could. > >What am I doing wrong? > >Tyler > >_______________________________________________ >linux-lvm mailing list >linux-lvm@redhat.com >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm >read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > >