LVM Limitations

[P Arumugavel]

Hi experts,
please list the lvm limitations. (Possiblities and impossibilities).

[Torsten.]

What exactly you want to know? Numbers? Features?

There was a document "LVM_Limits_White_Paper_V4" on docs.hp.com, but I don't have the link at the moment.


Google found this:

http://docs.hp.com/en/6054/LVM_Limits_White_Paper_V4.pdf

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,
here is the pdf links for lvm.

http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html#LVM%20Volume%20Manager

for quick view see the below link.

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/getattachment.do?attachmentId=327848&ext=.htm

Suraj

[SoorajCleris]

Hi,

# lvmadm -t
--- LVM Limits ---
VG Version 1.0
Max VG Size (Tbytes) 510
Max LV Size (Tbytes) 16
Max PV Size (Tbytes) 2
Max VGs 256
Max LVs 255
Max PVs 255
Max Mirrors 2
Max Stripes 255
Max Stripe Size (Kbytes) 32768
Max LXs per LV 65535
Max PXs per PV 65535
Max Extent Size (Mbytes) 256

VG Version 2.0
Max VG Size (Tbytes) 2048
Max LV Size (Tbytes) 256
Max PV Size (Tbytes) 16
Max VGs 512
Max LVs 511
Max PVs 511
Max Mirrors 5
Max Stripes 511
Max Stripe Size (Kbytes) 262144
Max LXs per LV 33554432
Max PXs per PV 16777216
Max Extent Size (Mbytes) 256

VG Version 2.1
Max VG Size (Tbytes) 2048
Max LV Size (Tbytes) 256
Max PV Size (Tbytes) 16
Max VGs 2048
Max LVs 2047
Max PVs 2048
Max Mirrors 5
Max Stripes 511
Max Stripe Size (Kbytes) 262144
Max LXs per LV 33554432
Max PXs per PV 16777216
Max Extent Size (Mbytes) 256



Regards,
Sooraj