[linux-lvm] large logical volumes

[Dan Pritts]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 04:35:02PM -0400, Guido Vettoretti wrote:
> 32-bit machines:
> ext3 : 2Tb (I managed to create a 4TB fs for some reason)

I'm not sure this is true - i think that this limit was there but was
removed in newer versions of ext2/3

> ext3: 2Tb (? not sure about this one)

I have created larger filesystems on 64-bit.

> One of the hardware support people said there was a 2Tb limit on the 
> SCSI protocol (not sure about this), 

More or less true, but some newer hardware and device drivers 
have fixed this.  The keyword you need to look for is "64-bit LBA".

I've had success with an Atto celerity fibre channel adapter and
an infortrend-based RAID on x86_64.  However, each one needed a
firmware/driver update from what was shipped to me in December of
last year to work.

tnx
danno