[CentOS] Large RAID volume issues

[Joshua Baker-LePain]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 at 11:56am, Ross S. W. Walker wrote

> You can't use an MBR partition table on a volume that large there is a 
> max 2TB disk size limit and 2TB partition size limit for MBR, so you 
> must use GPT.

For completeness' sake, MBR=master boot record, not a partition table. 
The standard type of partition table is msdos.  And, yes, it cannot handle 
devices >2TiB.

> There is a real lack of reliable and easy GPT tools under Linux, parted 
> can read GPT partition tables, but I do not believe it can create them 
> AFAIK.

Incorrect.  parted has no issue creating and managing gpt disklabels.

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Joshua Baker-LePain
QB3 Shared Cluster Sysadmin
UCSF