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Can you use mixed block size in an LVM, ie: 512 and 4096?

jp flag

Is it still recommended not to use two different block sizes on an LVM? I have two hard drives one is 512 and one is 4096. I have one drive that is 3 gigs that is 4096 sectors and a 2 gig drive that is 512 sectors. When I created an LVM group, I got this error warning:

devices have inconsistent physical block sizes 4096 and 512.

I found it was not recommended to have two different physical block sizes in the same LVM group.

Is that still recommended?

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There is an illogical lack of information here given the importance or reliable data storage. Perhaps you could [edit] your question to include details like why you need to use different block sizes and what you have tried already? Including the version of Ubuntu you are running will also help ensure answers are accurate for a specific version
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https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/linux-on-systems?topic=prr-valid-physical-block-size-combinations-lvm-physical-volumes
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