Maximum Partition Size - Windows Server

[Bill Farinella]

Does any one know what the maximum partition size is for
Server 2003 (Standard and Enterprise)

Back round:
I am setting up a server to be used in digital x-ray and
ultrasound imaging. The storage requirements for accessing
data for the next 6 years are at 6TB. I would like to
setup a storage array (SCSI) for a single Drive on the
PACS Server but I have been unable to find a maximum
Partition size for Windows Server 2003 or the Enterprise
version. If anyone has a conformation on this with a link
to back it up I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you,


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Bill Farinella

Email:
[email]billfrbvh.net[/email]

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Microsoft Certified Professional
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Cisco Certified Design Associate
A+ Certified Technician

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[Laura E. Hunter \(MVP\)]

Using NTFS with the maximum cluster size (64K), you can create a partition
with a potential maximum of 256 terabytes. Using the default cluster size
of 4K, you'll top out around 16TB.

[url]http://www.microsoft.com/resources/doentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/techref/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/doentation/windowsServ/2003/all/techref/en-us/w2k3tr_ntfs_what.asp[/url]

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Laura E. Hunter - MCSE, MCT, MVP
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"Bill Farinella" <billfrbvh.net> wrote in message
news:194ca01c44c9c$919189e0$a001280aphx.gbl...

> Does any one know what the maximum partition size is for
> Server 2003 (Standard and Enterprise)
>
> Back round:
> I am setting up a server to be used in digital x-ray and
> ultrasound imaging. The storage requirements for accessing
> data for the next 6 years are at 6TB. I would like to
> setup a storage array (SCSI) for a single Drive on the
> PACS Server but I have been unable to find a maximum
> Partition size for Windows Server 2003 or the Enterprise
> version. If anyone has a conformation on this with a link
> to back it up I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> ===========================================
> Bill Farinella
>
> Email:
> [email]billfrbvh.net[/email]
>
> Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Cisco Certified Network Associate
> Cisco Certified Design Associate
> A+ Certified Technician
>
> ===========================================
>

[Cleve S.]

Bill,

See this, [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;93496[/url]

Cleve

"Bill Farinella" <billfrbvh.net> wrote in message
news:194ca01c44c9c$919189e0$a001280aphx.gbl...

> Does any one know what the maximum partition size is for
> Server 2003 (Standard and Enterprise)
>
> Back round:
> I am setting up a server to be used in digital x-ray and
> ultrasound imaging. The storage requirements for accessing
> data for the next 6 years are at 6TB. I would like to
> setup a storage array (SCSI) for a single Drive on the
> PACS Server but I have been unable to find a maximum
> Partition size for Windows Server 2003 or the Enterprise
> version. If anyone has a conformation on this with a link
> to back it up I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> ===========================================
> Bill Farinella
>
> Email:
> [email]billfrbvh.net[/email]
>
> Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Cisco Certified Network Associate
> Cisco Certified Design Associate
> A+ Certified Technician
>
> ===========================================
>

[Bjorn Landemoo]

Bill

Currently, the limit is 2TB for a basic disk, and 64TB for dynamic disks,
using up to 32 spanned or striped volumes. This hasn't changed since
Win2000, so this MS Knowledge Base article still applies:

[url]http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325722[/url]

More reading here:

[url]http://www.microsoft.com/resources/doentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/deployguide/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/doentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/deployguide/en-us/sdcbc_sto_cokp.asp[/url]

Best regards

Bjorn
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Bjorn Landemoo - [email]mvp2landemoo.com[/email] - [url]http://landemoo.com/[/url]
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking

"Bill Farinella" <billfrbvh.net> wrote:

>Does any one know what the maximum partition size is for
>Server 2003 (Standard and Enterprise)
>
>Back round:
>I am setting up a server to be used in digital x-ray and
>ultrasound imaging. The storage requirements for accessing
>data for the next 6 years are at 6TB. I would like to
>setup a storage array (SCSI) for a single Drive on the
>PACS Server but I have been unable to find a maximum
>Partition size for Windows Server 2003 or the Enterprise
>version. If anyone has a conformation on this with a link
>to back it up I would greatly appreciate it.
>
>Thank you,
>
>
>===========================================
>Bill Farinella
>
>Email:
>billfrbvh.net
>
>Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
>Microsoft Certified Professional
>Cisco Certified Network Associate
>Cisco Certified Design Associate
>A+ Certified Technician
>
>===========================================