[opensuse] Can I use SuSE 13.1 with 4TB harddisc in RAID1?

Peter Maffter

29 Jun 2015 29 Jun '15

10:57

I currently have 2* 2TB harddiscs in a RAID1 on a dual boot system with Windows 7 and SuSE 13.1 . I want to upgrade the RAID1 to 2* 4TB harddiscs. Is SuSE 13.1 capable of handling such harddiscs like HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s, retail (H3IKNAS40003272SE/0S03665) Western Digital WD Red 4TB, 3.5", SATA 6Gb/s (WD40EFRX) Seagate NAS HDD 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s (ST4000VN000) Toshiba Enterprise MG03ACA 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s (MG03ACA400) ? The manufacturer says ASRock motherboard and BIOS can handle this. Aside from a backup before such an action: are there any other issues which I should take care of? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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Carlos E. R.

29 Jun 29 Jun

11:08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-06-29 12:57, Peter Maffter wrote:

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I currently have 2* 2TB harddiscs in a RAID1 on a dual boot system with Windows 7 and SuSE 13.1 . I want to upgrade the RAID1 to 2* 4TB harddiscs.

Is SuSE 13.1 capable of handling such harddiscs like

Yes. However, you need to partition as GPT, and perhaps need UEFI to boot it. Windows 7 might have a problem. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlWRJy4ACgkQja8UbcUWM1xNDQD/RwkZkFUt/DjEYCw2N5UXkTEX k53ZbeM1dvIqj0sE0IEA/j/yIG/IpsJrNh3D5oTgAIj0y/sPmd1RAH/caAddy+4W =/fJy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Yamaban

11:09

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Can I use SuSE 13.1 with 4TB harddisc in RAID1?

On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:57, Peter Maffter wrote:

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I currently have 2* 2TB harddiscs in a RAID1 on a dual boot system with Windows 7 and SuSE 13.1 . I want to upgrade the RAID1 to 2* 4TB harddiscs.

Is SuSE 13.1 capable of handling such harddiscs like HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s, retail (H3IKNAS40003272SE/0S03665) Western Digital WD Red 4TB, 3.5", SATA 6Gb/s (WD40EFRX) Seagate NAS HDD 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s (ST4000VN000) Toshiba Enterprise MG03ACA 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s (MG03ACA400) ?

The manufacturer says ASRock motherboard and BIOS can handle this.

Aside from a backup before such an action: are there any other issues which I should take care of?

Ask yourself: Is your Windows 7 a 64bit UEFI installation? Then you can try. Else, let it be, or it will be Linux only. And, for both systems valid: above 2TB is GPT only for the HDD. Linux + GPT wants UEFI for good function. Windows + GPT forces 64bit and UEFI, anything else will end in tears. "Real Life" is the downer for any Marketing. - Yamaban. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Per Jessen

11:17

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Can I use SuSE 13.1 with 4TB harddisc in RAID1?

Yamaban wrote:

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On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:57, Peter Maffter wrote:

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I currently have 2* 2TB harddiscs in a RAID1 on a dual boot system with Windows 7 and SuSE 13.1 . I want to upgrade the RAID1 to 2* 4TB harddiscs.

Is SuSE 13.1 capable of handling such harddiscs like HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s, retail (H3IKNAS40003272SE/0S03665) Western Digital WD Red 4TB, 3.5", SATA 6Gb/s (WD40EFRX) Seagate NAS HDD 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s (ST4000VN000) Toshiba Enterprise MG03ACA 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s (MG03ACA400) ?

The manufacturer says ASRock motherboard and BIOS can handle this.

Aside from a backup before such an action: are there any other issues which I should take care of?

Ask yourself: Is your Windows 7 a 64bit UEFI installation? Then you can try.

Else, let it be, or it will be Linux only.

And, for both systems valid: above 2TB is GPT only for the HDD. Linux + GPT wants UEFI for good function.

That has not been my experience sofar. I have used GPT in quite a few places, none have UEFI.

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Windows + GPT forces 64bit and UEFI, anything else will end in tears.

So no elderly Windows PC on +2Tb disks ? Wow. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (25.2°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Carlos E. R.

11:43

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-06-29 13:17, Per Jessen wrote:

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Windows + GPT forces 64bit and UEFI, anything else will end in tears.

So no elderly Windows PC on +2Tb disks ? Wow.

If it is 32 bits, no. Not on the boot disk, at least. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlWRL2cACgkQja8UbcUWM1y2DwD9FWv+quMT1sPwbsencJA1MZKj 0UUFbrdt+8CVUqxZj3gA/14Dp/gBuawzCMDs5l4/yrKrZS2k+gz13YU4CLcIcZAW =3+IK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Yamaban

11:48

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Can I use SuSE 13.1 with 4TB harddisc in RAID1?

On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 13:17, Per Jessen wrote:

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Yamaban wrote:

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On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:57, Peter Maffter wrote:

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I currently have 2* 2TB harddiscs in a RAID1 on a dual boot system with Windows 7 and SuSE 13.1 . I want to upgrade the RAID1 to 2* 4TB harddiscs.

Is SuSE 13.1 capable of handling such harddiscs like HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s, retail (H3IKNAS40003272SE/0S03665) Western Digital WD Red 4TB, 3.5", SATA 6Gb/s (WD40EFRX) Seagate NAS HDD 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s (ST4000VN000) Toshiba Enterprise MG03ACA 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s (MG03ACA400) ?

The manufacturer says ASRock motherboard and BIOS can handle this.

Aside from a backup before such an action: are there any other issues which I should take care of?

Ask yourself: Is your Windows 7 a 64bit UEFI installation? Then you can try.

Else, let it be, or it will be Linux only.

And, for both systems valid: above 2TB is GPT only for the HDD. Linux + GPT wants UEFI for good function.

That has not been my experience sofar. I have used GPT in quite a few places, none have UEFI.

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Windows + GPT forces 64bit and UEFI, anything else will end in tears.

So no elderly Windows PC on +2Tb disks ? Wow.

I look after ca 15 Windows PC with different ages. Most of them are Core2Duo, 4GB RAM, HDD < 1TB. The "newest" is a Core i5-4xxx, 16 GB RAM, 1SSD 250GB + 2HDD 4TB(RAID1). For OS, 2 have Vista Pro 32bit, 8 Win7 Home 32bit, 3 Win 7 Pro 64bit, 1 Win 7 Home 64bit, 1 Win 8.1 Home 64bit. HDD upgrades beyond 2TB without complete reinstall only for 64bit + UEFI. Windows + GPT (upgrade case) will not work for Boot device without UEFI. (Non Boot devices are OK) So, for Peter (OP) it is better to know about limitations beforehand. IMHO, a SSD for the OS is the best choice in terms of user experience. Big HDDs for Data are OK as non-boot devices. My Recommention for Peter would be a SSD, 200-500 GB putting the OS (win + Linux) there and the RAID only for the DATA / User-home. This would reduce most headaches he will get for the upgrade. "MicroSoft" -- the Name is program. Only use for small tasks. - Yamaban. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

jdd

12:42

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Can I use SuSE 13.1 with 4TB harddisc in RAID1?

Le 29/06/2015 13:17, Per Jessen a écrit :

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So no elderly Windows PC on +2Tb disks ? Wow.

may be if you want to boot, but I have an usb 4Tb drive that works with any system jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Per Jessen

11:13

Peter Maffter wrote:

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I currently have 2* 2TB harddiscs in a RAID1 on a dual boot system with Windows 7 and SuSE 13.1 . I want to upgrade the RAID1 to 2* 4TB harddiscs.

Is SuSE 13.1 capable of handling such harddiscs like HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s, retail (H3IKNAS40003272SE/0S03665) Western Digital WD Red 4TB, 3.5", SATA 6Gb/s (WD40EFRX) Seagate NAS HDD 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s (ST4000VN000) Toshiba Enterprise MG03ACA 4TB, SATA 6Gb/s (MG03ACA400) ?

Yup.

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Aside from a backup before such an action: are there any other issues which I should take care of?

Because of the +2Gb disks, you'll be switching to GPT. I don't know if that is likely to cause any issue with the bootloader. It didn't for me, but I use lilo and no windows. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (24.9°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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