From 383c30bdefaf26bf63d55dae38d2c37225637d47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gauthier Provost Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 15:09:25 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add note on max partition|volume on 32bit arch --- docs/mdadm.md | 3 +++ docs/omv.md | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/mdadm.md b/docs/mdadm.md index d319659..a664c06 100644 --- a/docs/mdadm.md +++ b/docs/mdadm.md @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ As you can see in the second line, the /dev/md0 device has been created with the ## Create and Mount the Filesystem +!!! note + The Helios4 System-On-Chip is a 32bit architecture, therefore the max partition size supported is 16TB. If your RAID array is more than 16TB of usable space, then you will need to create more than just one partition. You can use **fdisk /dev/md0** command to create several partitions on your array, then instead of using */dev/md0* for the below commands, it will be */dev/md0p1*, */dev/md0p2*, etc... + Create a filesystem on the array: sudo mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/md0 diff --git a/docs/omv.md b/docs/omv.md index ce11855..f63fb1c 100644 --- a/docs/omv.md +++ b/docs/omv.md @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Once plugins database update is done : !!! info OMV Control Panel will reload and you should see the **Logical Volume Management** page in *Storage* section. -## Create a LVM Logical Volume +## Create a LVM Logical Volume To create a Logical Volume 3 steps are necessary : @@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ To create a Logical Volume 3 steps are necessary : 2. Add a Volume Group. (Volume Group contains Physical Volumes) 3. Add one ore more Logical Volumes. (Logical Volumes are like partitions) +!!! note + The Helios4 System-On-Chip is a 32bit architecture, therefore the max volume size supported is 16TB. If your RAID array is more than 16TB of usable space, then you will need to create more than just one Logical Volume to take advantage of all the available space. + > Go to **Logical Volume Management** page in *Storage* section. > Click **Add** under *Physical Volumes* tab.