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PowerEdge 2950 with PERC6 and 2TB HD
Hello guys
I need your help :)
I need to known if could install 2TB HD on PowerEdge 2950 with PERC6
If yes there are any vendor (as seagate of western digital) that could be supported or not by bios or by perc ?
I build server with raid 10 on 6 HD 2TB
thanks for any suggest
theflash1932
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October 15th, 2013 10:00
I don't know anything about FreeNAS, but do your homework - 2TB/UEFI issues don't belong only to Windows. Maybe someone else here can say for sure.
theflash1932
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October 15th, 2013 10:00
"I need to known if could install 2TB HD on PowerEdge 2950 with PERC6"
Yes, UP TO 2TB drives are supported.
"If yes there are any vendor (as seagate of western digital) that could be supported or not by bios or by perc ?"
No specific vendor, but DO NOT use cheap/consumer/desktop drives. Use enterprise-class drives at the very least - Dell-certified drives would be best.
"I build server with raid 10 on 6 HD 2TB"
This will give you a 6TB "disk" presented to Windows. Windows cannot see a disk larger than 2TB unless the disk is converted to GPT, and Windows cannot boot to a GPT disk unless it is installed on a UEFI-enabled system, which the 2950 does not support. So, you will need to rethink your storage arrangement. You could do a smaller RAID 1, then 4x2TB RAID 10 (4TB of storage), or you could "slice" the array - create a small 100GB RAID 6 on which to install the OS, then a 5.9GB RAID 6, which could then be converted to GPT and partitioned how you like.
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October 15th, 2013 10:00
Thanks for usefull information
Yes, known about windows limitation of 2TB .. but we need to install freenas on this server.
Do you think freenas may give problem with a 6TB array disk ?
thanks