swift / Ubuntu hardware question

[THRiLL KiLL]

so i have been assigned a project at work, that i am cluless on. (give it a week and i will know what im doing 🙂 )

I have to create / migrate a swift server from vsphere to physical hardware.

going to an older system amd operon 1210, asus m2n-sli (sata2), 8gb ram, 4tb hdd.


thats where the question is.

are there any limitations on ubuntu installing on a 3 or 4tb hdd?

Im asking as windows has a limitation, where the motherboard must be able have a uefi firmware and be able to support gpt disks..

 

[theevilsharpie]

The limitation of BIOS is very specific: you cannot boot from a boot disk that is greater than 2TB.

Getting around this is easy: use a RAID controller, either external or the one built into your motherboard. In the RAID controller's configuration screen, create a new disk array (if you only have a single disk, you can create a single-disk RAID-0 array). Then create a small logical volume (~1GB), and then create another logical volume that fills up the rest of your disk.

When installing Ubuntu, the /boot partition needs to be on your small logical volume, and the / partition on the large one. You can get more granular with your permissions partitions (as well as logical volumes on your RAID controller) as your needs dictate, but this is the basic gist.

Note that if a logical volume is greater than 2TB, it will need to be GPT, but you can use a GPT volume on a non-UEFI computer as long as it's not your boot volume.

Also, this procedure will work with Windows, although the first volume will need to be large enough to contain your OS and applications with a reasonable amount of breathing room (~50GB).

Edit: I forgot how to English.

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

thanks this is what i needed 🙂