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beekerc

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June 9th, 2017 16:00

PowerEdge R900 4TB RAID

I inherited a PowerEdge R900 server that i want to use as a VM box (hyper-V or ESXi - but that's another thread).  it has a PERC 6/i RAID controller.  I got 5 4GB SATA hard drives but found out that the PERC 6 only recognizes them as 2TB capacity.  further research confirmed the 2TB limilt on PERC 6.  

so my question - what are my options to fully leverage 5x 4TB SATA drives in a RAID 5 configuration in the R900?  i would prefer to use a DELL (PERC) solution, but am okay with 3rd party RAID controllers.

is there a a viable solution?  or do i have to sacrifice half the drive capacity?

THanks

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