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PERC 5/i / PE2950 / RAID-5 w 2TB drives / Windows 2008 Issues
Ok,
I've got a problem.
We have a PE2950 laying around and want to use it as a simple backup device. We purchased a bunch of 2TB drives, and then made a single RAID-5 ~9TB VD on the PERC 5/i the server uses.
When we attempt to install Windows 2008 R2 (Enterprise), we see that the first 2TB are available, and the last 7TB are unable to be accessed by the OS.
Likewise, if I attempt to install, partition, and format the array under the OS before installing, Windows automatically creates a bunch of paritions, and then automatically paritions out a 1.9TB section and a 7TB section. [We install usinging a 100GB system parition, then carve the rest of the unused space later.
Why the heck can't we use anything on the PERC 5/i based array over 2TB?
RonMexico99
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October 23rd, 2013 08:00
Trying to get Windows Server 2008 to work with 10TB on a PE 2950, with a raid 5 config.
This worked like in the most brilliant of fashions. I did exactly what DEV MGR suggested and bang success. Many thanks for this post and triple thanks to DEV MGR. I hope this will help some one else.
CaribeAtomic
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May 15th, 2017 10:00
Thanks your solution run perfectly for me!!!