From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 15:55:59 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C47D16A400 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 15:55:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com (qb-out-0506.google.com [72.14.204.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1D4D13C458 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 15:55:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b14so384593qbc for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 08:55:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=sL66bJJv48ZoN2ON5rPuBWrAmHhW1n6+MDBGUR0KmT0EXWp1zqy7cyVk1AF5P/2RNhcEJkQVNS4Mkzax8Sx6C4M4FrXNuRTLK7OlcilXLwp6yyKkZKoooIhjXp0HBG7XQKbC2Nx1YA0SV90WRtuBD70Y9i7W1rYrf/BMv6EwPGc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=MejfPPt2YMfrxJSho49wdIC83lAR+xAyrvs5JHw2KoVmvJsU6rljndDuIV3WOClX0l6582DCX7xds7LPtkIIUJfghAmyx3Av1tETaHxhOhqxpU4yMBpKZacbbd/hEsjmDEjK9/KhcUZGf25Y/BguzyQo+FKuWxBO8xWyR2UegRc= Received: by 10.100.247.11 with SMTP id u11mr1651503anh.1180022157167; Thu, 24 May 2007 08:55:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.8.19 with HTTP; Thu, 24 May 2007 08:55:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <99c92b5f0705240855n4fb4c4d8xd5dbee26bdb52222@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 17:55:57 +0200 From: "Richard Noorlandt" To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <82231.51840.qm@web30307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <99c92b5f0705240730o146c1bb4x326591687e445cd@mail.gmail.com> <82231.51840.qm@web30307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Growing UFS beyond 2 TB X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 15:55:59 -0000 2007/5/24, Arne W=F6rner : > > --- Richard Noorlandt wrote: > > Does anyone have a suggestion? Or am I overlooking something? I can > hardly > > imagine that what I want is very rare, so I think there must be some > > solution. > > > 1. A better implementation for GPT is on its way... I think, the time > frame was > "several weeks"... It is in the archive of this list or freebsd-geom@... Will it be possible to create the tables with the current GPT tool, and later grow them safely with the new tool when it's available? It'll take some time before I need the extra TB's, so waiting a few weeks before I can grow the partitions and FS is no problem. As long as I can grow it without losing data. 2. I wonder, why u dont just delete all GPT partitions and re-create them > (after u wrote down offset and size of the previous config)... :-) > Wouldn't this destroy the data that's on the partitions? The problem is tha= t I have no way to backup or temporary store the data on the array. So all growing must be done without wiping the contents of the FS. Best regards, Richard