Andreas, Thanks so much for the insight! Here is some ouput, it looks like we might be ok? Please comment, if possible, thanks... -Scott [root@ptb3 pichelma]# /sbin/pvdisplay /dev/sdb1 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdb1 VG Name exp300_2 PV Size 440.71 GB / NOT usable 26.75 MB [LVM: 176 KB] PV# 2 PV Status available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 32768 Total PE 14102 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 14102 PV UUID 1gKwp2-dotn-0WJU-5FwZ-uScI-OyMH-SHVw5F [root@ptb3 pichelma]# /sbin/pvdisplay /dev/sdc1 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdc1 VG Name exp300_2 PV Size 440.71 GB / NOT usable 26.75 MB [LVM: 176 KB] PV# 1 PV Status available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 32768 Total PE 14102 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 14102 PV UUID ciUWIf-i9OO-okne-Fs6R-fjU1-NPpr-Ml4p8L [root@ptb3 pichelma]# /sbin/pvdata -P /dev/sdb1 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdb1 VG Name exp300_2 PV Size 440.71 GB / NOT usable 26.75 MB [LVM: 176 KB] PV# 2 PV Status available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 32768 Total PE 14102 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 14102 PV UUID 1gKwp2-dotn-0WJU-5FwZ-uScI-OyMH-SHVw5F [root@ptb3 pichelma]# /sbin/pvdata -P /dev/sdc1 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdc1 VG Name exp300_2 PV Size 440.71 GB / NOT usable 26.75 MB [LVM: 176 KB] PV# 1 PV Status available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 32768 Total PE 14102 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 14102 PV UUID ciUWIf-i9OO-okne-Fs6R-fjU1-NPpr-Ml4p8L Andreas Dilger wrote: > On Nov 27, 2001 11:34 -0600, Scott P wrote: > > We are planning to add a 3 rd EXP300 array to out current server w/ 2 > > EXP300's in place already! We WILL surpass the 1 TB size, if possible? > > Depends if the driver does 32-bit block numbers with signed or unsigned > values. The absolute maximum supported by 2.4 kernels is 2TB devices. > I don't know if 2.2 will support > 1TB devices, but it is possible. > > > Linux ptb3 2.2.19 #2 SMP Tue Jul 24 11:53:29 CDT 2001 i686 unknown > > > > We are using: > > lvm_0.9.1_beta7 > > reiserfsprogs-3.x.0j > > Get newer LVM tools, like 1.0.1, because the old ones have lots more bugs. > Beta 7 has the PE alignment bug, so you should upgrade the tools even if > you can't upgrade the kernel. > > > Here is the current filesystem and size: > > > > /dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2 924160464 891307744 32852720 97% /files1 > > > Q: Why are my logical volumes limited to 256 GB in size? > > A: This is NO absolute limit but it depends on the physical extent size > > you configured at volume group creation time. > > Check what "pvdata -P /dev/whatever" tells you about the PE size. If > it is 16386kB, then you are limited to 1TB in size. If it is larger > than that, you _may_ be able to go past 1TB, but you may not, depending > on whether your drivers and kernel work properly or not. > > Cheers, Andreas > -- > Andreas Dilger > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ > http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html
