Never mind, the answer is the extent_size is the number of sectors (or perhaps it's the number of 512 byte blocks, I'll have to test on 4K sector drives). So in this case 4M and 4M*3840 is the 16G (not 16M which was the 3840*4096). On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 5:37 PM, David F. wrote: > I created a test lvm on a 32G UFD with two logical volumes, 15G and 14G. > I then looked at the on disk data and most makes since except the > extent_count vs extent_size. In this case the extent_size is 8192, and it > says the extent sizes are 3840 and 3584, but that * 8192 is double its > actual size. * 4096 then it is the size. So how does that work. TIA!! > Here's the sample: > > test_lvm { > id = "xhewgS-UxVF-4qC5-MGXp-ErfX-6SNl-UkCdgz" > seqno = 3 > format = "lvm2" > status = ["RESIZEABLE", "READ", "WRITE"] > flags = [] > extent_size = 8192 > max_lv = 0 > max_pv = 0 > metadata_copies = 0 > > physical_volumes { > > pv0 { > id = "XhEzob-g2D5-YcGp-zfz9-39R7-HII6-SITlH9" > device = "/dev/sdc" > > status = ["ALLOCATABLE"] > flags = [] > dev_size = 62531584 > pe_start = 2048 > pe_count = 7633 > } > } > > logical_volumes { > > lvm_logvol { > id = "IIKGTj-2eYn-5iTk-7KZd-ZMzS-aqYT-kwNgko" > status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"] > flags = [] > creation_time = 1532609310 > creation_host = "localhost.localdomain" > segment_count = 1 > > segment1 { > start_extent = 0 > extent_count = 3840 > > type = "striped" > stripe_count = 1 > > stripes = [ > "pv0", 0 > ] > } > } > > lvm_logvol2 { > id = "dC9wIq-kJ3I-ixLV-A2f9-889Y-qpUr-DdfciL" > status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"] > flags = [] > creation_time = 1532609325 > creation_host = "localhost.localdomain" > segment_count = 1 > > segment1 { > start_extent = 0 > extent_count = 3584 > > type = "striped" > stripe_count = 1 > > stripes = [ > "pv0", 3840 > ] > } > } > } > > } > # Generated by LVM2 version 2.02.168(2) (2016-11-30): Thu Jul 26 08:48:45 > 2018 > > contents = "Text Format Volume Group" > version = 1 > > description = "" > > creation_host = "localhost.localdomain" # Linux localhost.localdomain > 4.11.8-300.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jun 29 20:09:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 > creation_time = 1532609325 # Thu Jul 26 08:48:45 2018 > >