Support for LBA 64 Richard Hissong 6/21/2007 2:31:02 PM Currently building a big bucket for HD Video storage. Selecting the RAID cards I find that to break the 2TB logical drive limit I need an OS that supports LBA64. Do either Win XP Pro x64 or Win Server 2003 x64 support this or do I need to go to the Dark Side, "Linux"... --

Re: Support for LBA 64 jorgen <jorgen[ at ]na.invalid> 6/21/2007 5:29:56 PM Richard Hissong wrote: [Quoted Text] > Currently building a big bucket for HD Video storage. Selecting the RAID > cards I find that to break the 2TB logical drive limit I need an OS that > supports LBA64. Do either > Win XP Pro x64 or Win Server 2003 x64 support this or do I need to go to the > Dark Side, "Linux"... http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT_FAQ.mspx 6. How big can a GPT disk be? In theory, a GPT disk can be up to 2^64 logical blocks in length. Logical blocks are commonly 512 bytes in size. The maximum partition (and disk) size is a function of the operating system version. Windows XP and the original release of Windows Server 2003 have a limit of 2TB per physical disk, including all partitions. For Windows Server 2003 SP1 Windows XP x64 edition, and later versions, the maximum raw partition of 18 exabytes can be supported. (Windows file systems currently are limited to 256 terabytes each.)

Re: Support for LBA 64 Richard Hissong 6/21/2007 5:46:03 PM Thanks, If I understand correctly I am free to use either XP Prox64 or Win Server 2003x64 SP1, yes? -- He who knows just enough to get himself in BIG trouble... "jorgen" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Richard Hissong wrote: > > Currently building a big bucket for HD Video storage. Selecting the RAID > > cards I find that to break the 2TB logical drive limit I need an OS that > > supports LBA64. Do either > > Win XP Pro x64 or Win Server 2003 x64 support this or do I need to go to the > > Dark Side, "Linux"... > > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT_FAQ.mspx > > 6. How big can a GPT disk be? > In theory, a GPT disk can be up to 2^64 logical blocks in length. > Logical blocks are commonly 512 bytes in size. > > The maximum partition (and disk) size is a function of the operating > system version. Windows XP and the original release of Windows Server > 2003 have a limit of 2TB per physical disk, including all partitions. > For Windows Server 2003 SP1 Windows XP x64 edition, and later versions, > the maximum raw partition of 18 exabytes can be supported. (Windows file > systems currently are limited to 256 terabytes each.) >

Re: Support for LBA 64 "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie[ at ]mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> 6/21/2007 9:08:32 PM As far as the filesystem limits, correct. If you're going to have >10 users or devices connecting to this share, it needs to be Windows Server. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "Richard Hissong" <RichardHissong[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BEC91629-E343-4C73-B8FF-563300ECB8E9[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks, If I understand correctly I am free to use either XP Prox64 or Win > Server 2003x64 SP1, yes? > -- > He who knows just enough to get himself in BIG trouble... > > > "jorgen" wrote: > >> Richard Hissong wrote: >> > Currently building a big bucket for HD Video storage. Selecting the >> > RAID >> > cards I find that to break the 2TB logical drive limit I need an OS >> > that >> > supports LBA64. Do either >> > Win XP Pro x64 or Win Server 2003 x64 support this or do I need to go >> > to the >> > Dark Side, "Linux"... >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT_FAQ.mspx >> >> 6. How big can a GPT disk be? >> In theory, a GPT disk can be up to 2^64 logical blocks in length. >> Logical blocks are commonly 512 bytes in size. >> >> The maximum partition (and disk) size is a function of the operating >> system version. Windows XP and the original release of Windows Server >> 2003 have a limit of 2TB per physical disk, including all partitions. >> For Windows Server 2003 SP1 Windows XP x64 edition, and later versions, >> the maximum raw partition of 18 exabytes can be supported. (Windows file >> systems currently are limited to 256 terabytes each.) >>

Re: Support for LBA 64 Richard Hissong 6/21/2007 9:42:00 PM Thanks... -- He who knows just enough to get himself in BIG trouble... "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote: [Quoted Text] > As far as the filesystem limits, correct. If you're going to have >10 users > or devices connecting to this share, it needs to be Windows Server. > > -- > Charlie. > http://msmvps.com/xperts64 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel > > > "Richard Hissong" <RichardHissong[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:BEC91629-E343-4C73-B8FF-563300ECB8E9[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Thanks, If I understand correctly I am free to use either XP Prox64 or Win > > Server 2003x64 SP1, yes? > > -- > > He who knows just enough to get himself in BIG trouble... > > > > > > "jorgen" wrote: > > > >> Richard Hissong wrote: > >> > Currently building a big bucket for HD Video storage. Selecting the > >> > RAID > >> > cards I find that to break the 2TB logical drive limit I need an OS > >> > that > >> > supports LBA64. Do either > >> > Win XP Pro x64 or Win Server 2003 x64 support this or do I need to go > >> > to the > >> > Dark Side, "Linux"... > >> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT_FAQ.mspx > >> > >> 6. How big can a GPT disk be? > >> In theory, a GPT disk can be up to 2^64 logical blocks in length. > >> Logical blocks are commonly 512 bytes in size. > >> > >> The maximum partition (and disk) size is a function of the operating > >> system version. Windows XP and the original release of Windows Server > >> 2003 have a limit of 2TB per physical disk, including all partitions. > >> For Windows Server 2003 SP1 Windows XP x64 edition, and later versions, > >> the maximum raw partition of 18 exabytes can be supported. (Windows file > >> systems currently are limited to 256 terabytes each.) > >> >