ICH10R - > 2048 GB RAID 0

iconoclast · 20th July 2011, 3:48 PM

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone here has been able to create a RAID volume > 2048GB on an Intel ICH10R. I have a spare HP 8000 Elite that I've kitted out with 3x 2TB HDDs. Google results have suggested this may be possible outside the OROM using the Windows RAID app, and that it may not be bootable. I've updated the BIOS to the current 1.10.

I was just looking to use this box (small HP desktop) to act as a backup server for a couple of lab hosts. It would probably be running with Linux or ESXi (for native iscsi/vmfs) and wanted to have the storage available as a RAID 0 volume.

I don't really care if it is bootable or not, can use a USB key.

LostBenji · 21st July 2011, 7:28 AM

Besides being nuts using R-0 for that size, yest, the chipset does support larger than 2TB arrays. The sucky part is that they have to be carved up to 2TB or smaller partitions for MBR partitions to allow Win7 to see it when installing to be bootable. If you want larger (don't have a clue why) then the array must be formatted in GPT before hand then the Win 7 install disk will see it. Win 7 can't format in GPT on install.

20th July 2011, 3:48 PM	#1
iconoclast Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 482	ICH10R - > 2048 GB RAID 0 Hi, Just wondering if anyone here has been able to create a RAID volume > 2048GB on an Intel ICH10R. I have a spare HP 8000 Elite that I've kitted out with 3x 2TB HDDs. Google results have suggested this may be possible outside the OROM using the Windows RAID app, and that it may not be bootable. I've updated the BIOS to the current 1.10. I was just looking to use this box (small HP desktop) to act as a backup server for a couple of lab hosts. It would probably be running with Linux or ESXi (for native iscsi/vmfs) and wanted to have the storage available as a RAID 0 volume. I don't really care if it is bootable or not, can use a USB key. __________________ ASUS M600N - CPU: Intel Pentium-M 1.6GHz Memory: 2048MB DDR Monitor: 15.4" 16:10 LCD Video: ATi Mobility Radeon 9600 Media Box:HP Micro Server N36L Mini PC:Asus Eeepc 1015B AMD Fusion 1GHz Router: Cisco 1801

21st July 2011, 7:28 AM	#2
LostBenji (Taking a Break) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Not around here anymore.. Posts: 5,298	Besides being nuts using R-0 for that size, yest, the chipset does support larger than 2TB arrays. The sucky part is that they have to be carved up to 2TB or smaller partitions for MBR partitions to allow Win7 to see it when installing to be bootable. If you want larger (don't have a clue why) then the array must be formatted in GPT before hand then the Win 7 install disk will see it. Win 7 can't format in GPT on install.