What is the largest LUN that can be presented to a Windows host?

I've heard different answers to this. Is 2TB the limit? Thanks in
advance.

tc proclaimed:

I've heard different answers to this. Is 2TB the limit? Thanks in
advance.

No. Microsoft web site has a pretty good write up on what it takes to
use larger luns.

On Sep 8, 6:29 pm, Lon wrote:
tc proclaimed:

I've heard different answers to this. Is 2TB the limit? Thanks in
advance.

No. Microsoft web site has a pretty good write up on what it takes to
use larger luns.

Do you have that URL? Thanks.

tc proclaimed:
On Sep 8, 6:29 pm, Lon wrote:
tc proclaimed:

I've heard different answers to this. Is 2TB the limit? Thanks in
advance.
No. Microsoft web site has a pretty good write up on what it takes to
use larger luns.

Do you have that URL? Thanks.


There is no one single URL.

I would recommend spending a few hours on www.msdn.com if you really
need to handle large luns safely, as there are several considerations
involved in what you want to do with them... boot from them, create gpt
partitions on them, whether your client is 32 or 64 bit, and whether you
are talking about Windows XP, Windows Server 2000 [and what service
pack], Windows Server 2003 with SP1, or Windows Server 2008.

I notice that Microsoft on some of their documents is still adding the
common sense that just because you can do it is not necessarily a really
good reason to do it... aka how long does check disk take on a 30
terabyte LUN should it ever be needed.

On Sep 9, 11:46 am, tc wrote:
On Sep 8, 6:29 pm, Lon wrote:

tc proclaimed:

I've heard different answers to this. Is 2TB the limit? Thanks in
advance.

No. Microsoft web site has a pretty good write up on what it takes to
use larger luns.

Do you have that URL? Thanks.


At least to start from:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...e/LUN_SP1.mspx