Maximum volume size

[JG5]

I'm a little confused about the maximum volume size for Windows Server 2003. I'm in the planning phase for our disk based backup solution. The backup device will be a 10TB SATA array. I'd like to carve out a 3.5TB partition for each of 3 servers as targets (Media Agents). Can I present a 3.5TB partition to Windows, or do I need to cut that in half, present it in 2 partitions and create a dynamic spanned volume? I know I can go up to 256TB volume sized under Windows 2003, but I'm not sure if that's the actual partition size, or the dynamic volume size.

Thanks.

 

[mrdenny]

That would be the dynamic volume size. Physical disks presented to Windows must to 2TB or smaller. You can span multible 2TB drives together to get a larger single drive.

Denny

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[JG5]

That's what I had presumed. I appreciate the response.

 

[mrdenny]

no problem.

Denny

--Anything is possible. All it takes is a little research. (Me)

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