-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Let's say I have a 500GB logical volume: > > # lvs | grep san2_data > san2_data san1 -wi-a- 500.00G > > > fdisk will report a bigger number: > > # fdisk -l /dev/san1/san2_data > > Disk /dev/san1/san2_data: 536.8 GB, 536870912000 bytes It's just units; the G in lvm's output signifies powers-of-two units, wheras the GB reported by fdisk is in powers-of-ten (SI units). See the lvm man pages for a description of the units supported (lower case are SI, upper case are powers-of-two). Strictly speaking, the powers-of-two versions should use the SI binary prefixes (MiB, GiB, etc.): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix Regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHhM9w6YSQoMYUY94RAiINAKC87sqVnH6PpcQRKFuQNoMfOcpr7wCeM0gS wsnqw+Y7qtZx/FDKNnbnSBI= =tRAA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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/
