Comments on: Argh, more than 2TB disk causes problems? http://jakebillo.com/argh-more-than-2tb-disk-causes-problems/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:41:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jake Billo http://jakebillo.com/argh-more-than-2tb-disk-causes-problems/#comment-13431 Jake Billo Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:50:41 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/?p=375#comment-13431 Ah, wait, you probably mean the BIOS-based utility and not the Windows admin UI? After reading some documentation, it looks like I might have to update the card to take advantage of it. Not a problem; I'll just have to do it tomorrow afternoon when I can reboot the box and find the hptflash utility. Ah, wait, you probably mean the BIOS-based utility and not the Windows admin UI? After reading some documentation, it looks like I might have to update the card to take advantage of it.

Not a problem; I’ll just have to do it tomorrow afternoon when I can reboot the box and find the hptflash utility.

]]> By: Jake Billo http://jakebillo.com/argh-more-than-2tb-disk-causes-problems/#comment-13429 Jake Billo Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:31:10 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/?p=375#comment-13429 Thanks Neil! If you're still following this, can you point me to exactly where in the HighPoint utility one would go to change the sector size? The documentation is a bit sparse on this point. Thanks Neil! If you’re still following this, can you point me to exactly where in the HighPoint utility one would go to change the sector size? The documentation is a bit sparse on this point.

]]> By: Neil Feiereisel http://jakebillo.com/argh-more-than-2tb-disk-causes-problems/#comment-13363 Neil Feiereisel Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:22:55 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/?p=375#comment-13363 I have used HighPoint RocketRAID cards with large capacity drives (12 x 1 TB = 12 TB in RAID 0), and had no problems with Windows XP as long as you increase the sector size in the HighPoint RAID config utility. 512 byte sectors will get you 2 TB max. 1k will give you 4 TB, etc. This is due to a limitation in Windows for the number of bits they use to represent the size of a partition. By increasing the sector size, you effectively get a larger partition with the same number of bits. I was doing this with an extra drive that is separate from the OS drive. We're using the newest 16-port HW RAID card (they just released it). Good luck, Neil I have used HighPoint RocketRAID cards with large capacity drives (12 x 1 TB = 12 TB in RAID 0), and had no problems with Windows XP as long as you increase the sector size in the HighPoint RAID config utility. 512 byte sectors will get you 2 TB max. 1k will give you 4 TB, etc. This is due to a limitation in Windows for the number of bits they use to represent the size of a partition. By increasing the sector size, you effectively get a larger partition with the same number of bits. I was doing this with an extra drive that is separate from the OS drive.

We’re using the newest 16-port HW RAID card (they just released it).

Good luck,
Neil

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