What Are the Rules for Resizing Volume Groups, Disks, and Partitions?

**Table 1** Rules for resizing disks and partitions in Windows
Item	Minimum Size	Maximum Size
Disk	System disk (The larger value is used.) Total partition size after resizing 40 GB Data disk (The larger value is used.) Total partition size after resizing 10 GB	System disk: 1,024 GB Data disk: 32,768 GB
Disk partition	The smaller value is used. Used space + 1 GB Size before resizing	Disk size after resizing – Total size of the other partitions on the disk

**Table 2** Rules for resizing volumes, disks, and partitions in Linux
Scenario	Item	Minimum Size	Maximum Size
LVM	Logical volume (LV)	The smaller value is used. Used space + 1 GB Size before resizing	VG size after resizing – Size of the other LVs in the VG
	Physical volume (PV) - disk	The larger value is used. 10 GB Total size of LVs in the VG – Total size of the other PVs in the VG	32,768 GB
	Physical volume (PV) - partition	The larger value is used. 1 GB Total size of LVs in the VG – Total size of the other PVs in the VG	Disk size after resizing – Total size of the other partitions on the disk
Non-LVM	Disk	System disk (The larger value is used.) Total partition size after resizing 40 GB Data disk: 10 GB	System disk: 1,024 GB Data disk: 32,768 GB
Non-LVM	Partition	The smaller value is used. Used space + 1 GB Size before resizing	Disk size after resizing – Total size of the other partitions on the disk