Hi Chris, If this is sitting on a RAID controller that supports slicing volumes into LUNs eg. 3ware Autocarving, then try splitting the array into multiple 2TB slices in the RAID controller BIOS. See whether that helps things.....
R. ----- Chris Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I posted this already, but no has one responded. Can someone please > help me with this please!!? > > Chris Coffey > Application Support Specialist > Information Technology > 928-779-7685 x7204 > > >>> Chris Coffey 8/16/2006 10:06 AM >>> > Hi, > > Something is odd with the phys storage mgnmt area. I'm trying to > partition up a 5TB raid5 array and keep running into weirdness. > > For example, i start with a fresh disk, no partitions, openfiler says > I > can use ranges within the following extents: 1 - 638266 cylinders, > 4889.37 GB, so i say create ... > > result: > > /dev/sdb1 Linux Physical Volume (0x8e) 1 1 103568 831904317 793.37 > GB > Primary > > -- 793GB what the heck ? > > Ok, so i say how bout make 2 - 2TB partitions, so start clean again > and > create: 1 - 300000 cylinder / 2298.12 GB, hit create and guess what? > openfiler thinks i made a 250GB partition > > result: > > /dev/sdb1 Linux Physical Volume (0x8e) 1 1 32651 262266320 250.12 GB > Primary > > > I've tried other combinations, for instance I tried creating a > parttion > from 1 - 200000 cylinder, and it created a 4GB partition!! > > Whats going on ? Anyone know? Please help, very frustrating, > thanks! > > Chris Coffey > Application Support Specialist > Information Technology > 928-779-7685 x7204 > _______________________________________________ > Openfiler-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users _______________________________________________ Openfiler-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users
