LVM Version 2.0 Volume Groups in HP-UX 11i v3 (September 2008)

New Limits
The limits remain the same for 1.0 volume groups. The following table illustrates the new upper limits with 2.x
volume groups.
Max Supported
1.0 volume
groups limits
Max Supported 2.0
volume groups limits
Max Supported 2.1
volume groups limits
VG size 510 TB 2 PB 2 PB
LV size
2
46
(64 TB) 16
TB supported
2
48
(256 TB) 2
48
(256 TB)
PV size
2
41
(2 TB) 2
44
(16 TB) 2
44
(16 TB)
Number of
volume groups
256 512 2048
Number of
logical
volumes per
VG
255 511 2047
Number of
physical
volumes per vg
255 511 2047
Number of
mirrors copies
2 5 5
Number of
extents per
volume group
2
16
(64K)
2
25
(32M) 2
25
(32M)
Extent size 1 to 256MB 1 to 256 MB 1 to 256 MB
Stripe width 255 511 511
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