PV = the device VG = groups of them (the RAID5 array?) LV = what? the file system?
So, from what you are telling me, and the man page, 2.6.x with LVM2 can have basically any size of PV, VG, and LV I want. Am I flawed in my understanding? Thank you, Trever On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 22:02 +0000, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 10:40:02PM +0100, Norbert van Nobelen wrote: > > A logical volume in LVM will not handle more than 2TB. You can tie together > > the LVs in a volume group, thus going over the 2TB limit. > > Confused over terminology? > Tie PVs together to form a VG, then divide VG up into LVs. > > Size limit depends on metadata format and the kernel: old LVM1 format has > lower size limits - see the vgcreate man page. > > New LVM2 metadata format relaxes those limits and lets you have LVs > 2TB > with a 2.6 kernel. > > Alasdair -- "Assassination is the extreme form of censorship." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
