Re: [CentOS] Disk partitions and LVM limits

2008-02-12 Thread Peter Kjellstrom
On Friday 08 February 2008, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > Peter Blajev wrote: ... > > group. Googling around it looks like there is 2TB limit and > > there should be > > some kernel parameters to tweak but I still can't get a clear answer. Only two (types) of 2T limit exists: 1) the driver or your st

Re: [CentOS] Disk partitions and LVM limits

2008-02-08 Thread Jeffrey Tadlock
On Feb 8, 2008 1:58 PM, Peter Blajev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, right now I can't use LVM because of this 2TB limit and I'm not sure if I > partition the drive how good these partitions are because of the the message > from fdisk. There is also some information here on creating large file sy

RE: [CentOS] Disk partitions and LVM limits

2008-02-08 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Peter Blajev wrote: > > > Undo the LVM config, wipe out any MBR or disklabels on the drive, > > then pvcreate the raw disk (/dev/sdb) it should be able to handle > > the whole 5.4TB. > > I tried this but I'll try again tonight just in case I missed > something the > first time. > > I didn't ch

Re: [CentOS] Disk partitions and LVM limits

2008-02-08 Thread Peter Blajev
> Undo the LVM config, wipe out any MBR or disklabels on the drive, > then pvcreate the raw disk (/dev/sdb) it should be able to handle > the whole 5.4TB. I tried this but I'll try again tonight just in case I missed something the first time. I didn't check what pvcreate did but vgcreate after t

RE: [CentOS] Disk partitions and LVM limits

2008-02-08 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Peter Blajev wrote: > > Hi, > > I've got a DAS DELL MD1000 with a bunch of SATA drives in > RAID 5 configuration > with total space of 5.4TB. This box is attached to a CentOS5 > system (kernel > 2.6.18-53.1.6.el5). > > Any idea how to make this space usable? > Is there a limit how big a part