I found an article that led me to do:
(parted) mkpart primary 0GB 16TB
(parted) print
Model: DROBO DroboPro (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdg: 17.6TB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 16.0TB 16.0TB primary
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle <
slackmoehrle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> > Can anyone provide some advice on that I am missing conceptually?
>>
>> Several issues. First, if you use 4k blocks, the max filesystem size for
>> ext3 is 16TB (see wikipedia on ext3). Second, I can't remember where, but
>> on some filesystem tool's manpage, I read that the tools have problems
>> going over 16TB. Third, fsck on a 16TB filesystem will take *days*,
>> literally. I'm setting up, right now, a humongous RAID box, and I'll
>> probably be divvying up the 42TB (mirrored!) as 3 14TB filesystems, and
>> they're going to be ext4.
>>
>
> 16tb is the max I would have for this device.
>
> Jason
>
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