Thank for your help. My pvs: linux-server:/ # pvscan PV /dev/hdb1 VG gdata lvm2 [111.79 GB / 0 free] PV /dev/hde1 VG gdata lvm2 [279.46 GB / 40.00 MB free] PV /dev/hdf1 VG gdata lvm2 [153.38 GB / 153.38 GB free] (this is the new hd) Total: 3 [544.62 GB] / in use: 3 [544.62 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] I think that it is enogh free space, because I add one more HD already. More over, vgdisplay show it has: Free PE / Size 39276 / 153.42 GB Thank you. <div>On 1/10/07, roderick tapang <<a href="mailto:retapang@gmail.com">retapang@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 1/9/07, David Tran <<a href="mailto:davidtt3@gmail.com">davidtt3@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Cur PV 3 > Act PV 3 > VG Size 544.62 GB > PE Size 4.00 MB > Total PE 139424 > Alloc PE / Size 100148 / 391.20 GB > Free PE / Size 39276 / 153.42 GB > VG UUID > gROPCK-xUmS-Tk99-nTmp-S63F-otHE-9QJukD > ------------------------------------------------------------- > /////// So I have 153.42 GB free space NOW > ------------------------------------------------------------- > linux-server:/ # lvextend -L +100G /dev/gdata/priv > Extending logical volume priv to 177.80 GB > Insufficient free space: 45517 extents needed, but only 39276 available is /dev/gdata/priv striped? if it is, it looks like the PVs don't have enough PEs each to accommodate equal stripe distribution. wha'ts the output of "pvs"? -- roderick e. tapang, nclp retapang at gmail dot com (o_.' <a href="http://counter.li.org/">http://counter.li.org/</a> //\ ---------------------- V_/_ Linux User # 253842 _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-lvm@redhat.com">linux-lvm@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm</a> read the LVM HOW-TO at <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/">http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/</a> </blockquote></div>