diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index f9a98a6..ce3e18a 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ default["cinder"]["group"] = "cinder"
 # operating system user that services will run under
 default["cinder"]["user"] = "cinder"
 
+# Maximum allocatable gigabytes
+# Should equal total backend storage, default is 10TB
+default["cinder"]["max_gigabytes"] = "10000"
+
 # This user's password is stored in an encrypted databag
 # and accessed with openstack-common cookbook library's
 # user_password routine.  You are expected to create
diff --git a/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb b/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb
index c1ab684..67f1af5 100644
--- a/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ rabbit_virtual_host=<%= @rabbit_virtual_host %>
 
 ######## defined in cinder.scheduler.simple ########
 
-# max_gigabytes=10000
+max_gigabytes=<%= node["cinder"]["max_gigabytes"] %>
 #### (IntOpt) maximum number of volume gigabytes to allow per host