Re: 2 TB limit

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On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 06:13:50PM +0200, Delian Krustev wrote:
> On Thursday 25 March 2004 23:23, Brad Vrabete wrote:
> 
> > Is there any was to create a logigal volume larger than 2TB? Can LVM2 do
> > that?
> 
> 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.

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