[linux-lvm] ablout LVM's limits

Heinz J . Mauelshagen mauelshagen at sistina.com
Mon Jun 3 05:10:02 UTC 2002


On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 05:00:58PM +0800, lilha at legend.com.cn wrote:
> 
> i want to know the limits of PV in lvm.
> Is there any limits in PV?
> Do I can create a PV in a more 2TB partition in theory?

Not with Linux 2.4. 2.5 is starting to raise that limit.

With 2.4 you can have PVs up to 2TB, VGs can have up to 256 PVs and
LVs are limited by Linux 2.4 to 2TB max too.

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> 
> TIA for your help and sorry for my poor English.
> 
> Echo
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