what is the exact raid5 limit (2TB (can i use 12 or 13*180GB?))

From: Stephan van Hienen (raid@a2000.nu)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 11:17:49 EST


On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Stephan van Hienen wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 kernel@ddx.a2000.nu wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Mike Black wrote:
> >
> > > I did a 12x180G and as I recall was unable to do 13x180G as it overflowed during mke2fs. This was a year ago though so I don't know
> > > if that's been improved since then.
> > >
> >
> > does anyone know for sure what is the limit for md raid5 ?
> >
> > can i use 13*180GB in raid5 ?
> > or should i go for 12*180GB in raid5 ?

I really want to create this raid this week
so is there anyone with info what will be the limit ?

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