diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/gnome-backups01.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/gnome-backups01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
index 119a599d8a..ea9b13c423 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/gnome-backups01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/gnome-backups01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ks_repo: http://infrastructure.phx2.fedoraproject.org/repo/rhel/RHEL7-x86_64/
 #
 virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_two_nic }}"
 
-lvm_size: 30000
+lvm_size: 50000
 mem_size: 8192
 num_cpus: 4
 # todo: make a gnome sysadmin group