A Lvm Specifications And Limitations - HP -UX 11i Administrator's Manual

A LVM Specifications and Limitations

This appendix discusses LVM product specifications.
NOTE: Do not infer that a system configured to these limits is automatically usable.
Table 13 Volume Group Version Maximums
Maximum data on a
single HP-UX system
Maximum number of
volume groups on a
system
Maximum number of
physical volumes in
a volume group
Maximum number of
logical volumes in a
volume group
Maximum size of a
physical volume
Maximum size of a
volume group
Maximum size of a
logical volume
Maximum size of a
physical extent
Maximum size of a
stripe
Maximum number of
stripes
Maximum number of
logical extents per
logical volume
Maximum number of
physical extents per
physical volume
Maximum number of
mirror copies
(MirrorDisk/UX
product required)
Maximum number of
snapshots per LV
Maximum size for the
unit of unsharing
between logical
volume and its
snapshot
Maximum snapshot
capacity per VG
Version 1.0
Volume Groups
128 PB 1024 PB
256 512
255 51 1
255 51 1
2 TB 16 TB
510 TB 2048 TB
16 TB 256 TB
256 MB 256 MB
32 MB 256 MB
255 51 1
65535 33554432
65535 16777216
2 5
Not supported Not supported
Not supported Not supported
Not supported Not supported
Version 2.0 Version 2.1
Volume Groups Volume Groups
1024 PB
1 1
2048
2048
2047
16 TB
2048 TB
256 TB
256 MB
256 MB
51 1
33554432
16777216
5
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Version 2.2
Volume Groups
1024 PB
1
2048
2048
2
2047
16 TB
2048 TB
256 TB
256 MB
256 MB
51 1
33554432
16777216
5
255
4M
Maximum VG capacity
147