Hard Drive Limitation

[Blazer]

ive read that XP [ntfs] is limited to 2 tb, i was wondering what the limits on HD capacity is for whs ?

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: blazer
ive read that XP [ntfs] is limited to 2 tb, i was wondering what the limits on HD capacity is for whs ?

http://social.microsoft.com/Fo...5cc-84ea-e771e96453cb/

I'm betting 2TB, with everything else ignored. 🙂

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: blazer
ive read that XP [ntfs] is limited to 2 tb, i was wondering what the limits on HD capacity is for whs ?

Thats true on XP32 (the 2tb limit) its because XP32 doesnt support the GUID partition tables and the 2tb becomes a limit of the MBR.

WHS is based on Windows 2003 server and wouldn't have that limit for GUID partitioned drives.

If your asking about the extender and plugging in multiple <2tb drives, it also spans properly to >2tb (Im running 4.5tb on WHS)

 

[bsobel]

More info: http://social.microsoft.com/Fo...e12-a5b4-59d8c9590f09/

In short it looks like (currently) any one disk can't be bigger than 2tb physical (since they do MBR formatting by default). But the storage pool can easily be >2tb and will be transparent to you.

 

[Blazer]

thanks, i was looking to get "2" 1 tb drives for whs, should be no prob.