ext4 filesystems larger than 16T
Ray Van Dolson
rvandolson at esri.com
Wed Mar 24 21:48:45 UTC 2010
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 02:37:35PM -0700, Brad White wrote:
> I have a LVM based ext4 filesystem on RHEL 5.4. The LV is just over
> 21T, but I am unable to extend the filesystem past the 15T that it is
> currently using. I get this error from resize4fs:
>
> resize4fs 1.41.5 (23-Apr-2009)
> resize4fs: File too large while trying to determine filesystem size
>
> lvdisplay:
>
> --- Logical volume ---
> LV Name /dev/ProgramArchive/ProgramArchive01
> VG Name ProgramArchive
> LV UUID g7Ndek-tZzc-irZX-7yiB-pbAC-NCHZ-7QetqV
> LV Write Access read/write
> LV Status available
> # open 1
> LV Size 21.82 TB
> Current LE 5720062
> Segments 2
> Allocation inherit
> Read ahead sectors auto
> - currently set to 256
> Block device 253:6
>
> I guess large filesystem support still is not present in ext4? I
> this the case, or do newer versions of the ext2/3/4 tools permit
> growing a filesystem past 16T?
You may need a newer version of the e4fsprogs. :(
Ray
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