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+Virtual Disk with over 16TB 
+
+Hi,
+
+is there a option to create a disk for a vm with a size over 16TB. 
+
+the problem that after the diskfile reach 16TB, the disk get a state of read-only at this limit.
+I know, that 16TB file size is max, is there a option to create the disk in mutliple files?
+we want to use 22 TB. in the VM 
+
+To attach a partition directly to the vm, is not what we want to do.
+
+best regards
+
+Chris
+
+On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 09:37:34AM -0000, Chris Weltzien wrote:
+> is there a option to create a disk for a vm with a size over 16TB.
+> 
+> the problem that after the diskfile reach 16TB, the disk get a state of read-only at this limit.
+> I know, that 16TB file size is max, is there a option to create the disk in mutliple files?
+> we want to use 22 TB. in the VM 
+
+Basically no, not in a clean way for a production VM.  Can you attach
+multiple disks to the guest and then use software RAID0 or LVM to get a
+22 TB device inside the guest?
+
+If not, here are some options:
+1. Switch to a different file system (XFS is your best bet)
+2. Use LVM (and get a slight performance boost for free!)
+3. Tweak file system settings (e.g. bigger block size may allow larger
+files)
+
+Stefan
+
+
+Hi Stefan,
+
+thank you for your response. 
+
+We're decided to only use 16Tb as vhd for the system.
+
+
+best regards
+
+Chris
+