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On the volumes intended for Elastic Stack, it is recommended to create a single partition.
When partitioning a LUN, it is recommended to align the partition on the 1M boundary. Use either fdisk or parted to create the partition. However, only parted can create partitions larger than 2 TB.
Before creating the partition, label the device as GPT. Then, specify the partition offset at 2048 sector (1M). The following command creates a single partition that takes up the entire LUN. Once the partition is created, the partition file should be used for creating the file system that Elastic Stack will use.
parted /dev/mapper/esdata mklabel gpt mkpart primary 2048s 100%