- May 8, 2006
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Helo everyone,
I have just been given an order to assemble and configure a temporary server for database hosting purposes. I have a GigaByte P43 + ICH10R Motherboard as a solution to do this.
I need to put 5 Western Digital disks 640GB each in RAID5 using the ICH10R controller. But i have remembered something like there is a 2Tb limit. Having in mind that 5 x 640 GB in RAID5 is 4 x 640Gb = 2560Gb which is more than 2TB (2048 Gb).
So is there any workaround how to bypass the 2Tb barrier? Could i use the whole capacity? Would partitioning for example first= 560Gb and second=2000Gb solve the problem or the limit applies to the whole volume? Or at least will i be good with using just the 2Tb?
Any solutions?
Thanx
I have just been given an order to assemble and configure a temporary server for database hosting purposes. I have a GigaByte P43 + ICH10R Motherboard as a solution to do this.
I need to put 5 Western Digital disks 640GB each in RAID5 using the ICH10R controller. But i have remembered something like there is a 2Tb limit. Having in mind that 5 x 640 GB in RAID5 is 4 x 640Gb = 2560Gb which is more than 2TB (2048 Gb).
So is there any workaround how to bypass the 2Tb barrier? Could i use the whole capacity? Would partitioning for example first= 560Gb and second=2000Gb solve the problem or the limit applies to the whole volume? Or at least will i be good with using just the 2Tb?
Any solutions?
Thanx