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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Ballard, Justin <jballar4@utnet.utoledo.edu<BR>
> wrote:<BR>
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> Greetings all,<BR>
><BR>
> I thought it might be worth asking one more time, just in case. :) Is there<BR>
> any estimated time line for when devices greater than 16TB will be<BR>
> supported?<BR>
><BR>
<BR>
I expect you've already gotten to this, but FWIW: I simply divided the<BR>
underlying device into multiple partitions that were less than 16TB<BR>
(actually about 12TB each), set them each of those smaller partitions up as<BR>
a drbd device, and then made each of those drbd devices an LVM physical<BR>
volume within a single volume group. That worked just fine.<BR>
<BR>
It does make the heartbeat/pacemaker setup a little more complicated, but<BR>
only a little.<BR>
<BR>
As for a timeline for >16TB support, I don't have any idea.<BR>
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- Ian<BR>
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<BR>
Thank you for your response. That is indeed the plan for now. If support for 16TB is around the corner (The roadmap says 8.3), it would be nice to have the slightly less complicated heartbeat setup just to keep things simple.<BR>
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Thanks again,<BR>
<BR>
Justin</FONT>
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