[DRBD-user] DRBD+LVM+Ext3 online resize

Lars Ellenberg lars.ellenberg at linbit.com
Fri Dec 19 19:44:57 CET 2008

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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 04:00:40PM +0000, Artur (eBoundHost) wrote:
> Hello List!
> 
> Any pointers about building a system that will be easily resizeable?
> This should probably go on the ext3 list but I figure people here
> probably have done this many times.
> 
> So when building the initial LVM and mkfs.ext3, what are some options
> that I should be using on an array that will start at 2TB and grow to
> about 10TB as I add more disks?

I may be wrong, but I think on intel/amd
ext3 is still limited to < 8TiB ?

and, btw,
ever seen e2fsck on a multi terabyte device?

why not go for XFS?
seems to be a better choice for device sizes in that range.

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