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Are you saying that windows would be able to handle single volumes in excess of 2TB? &nbsp;I agree with what you stated above with regards to the maximum NTFS volume size but i'm not so sure that windows will handle above 2TB. &nbsp;If the discs were basic discs rather than dynamic would this effect it? <br />
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thanks for your prompt reply.
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Are you saying that windows would be able to handle single volumes in excess of 2TB?  I agree with what you stated above with regards to the maximum NTFS volume size but i'm not so sure that windows will handle above 2TB.  If the discs were basic discs rather than dynamic would this effect it?

thanks for your prompt reply.

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i'll check out the link, thanks.<br />
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I currently have a SAN connected with 2 LUNS each are 2 TB in size, grouped together as Dynamic disk and spanned. &nbsp;The total size presented to Windows is 4TB. &nbsp;2003 Enterprise R2 Clustered with 2 servers in cluster, shows it in explorer as 4TB.<br />
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just a FYI.<br />
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I currently have a SAN connected with 2 LUNS each are 2 TB in size, grouped together as Dynamic disk and spanned.  The total size presented to Windows is 4TB.  2003 Enterprise R2 Clustered with 2 servers in cluster, shows it in explorer as 4TB.

just a FYI.



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&gt; So that should give you 18 billion GB.... <br />
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lol... 2 TB is about right to me.
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> So that should give you 18 billion GB....

lol... 2 TB is about right to me.

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Hi,<br />
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I'm sure i have read somewhere that there is a 2TB limit on the size of a single NTFS partition when being presented to Windows 2003 Server. &nbsp;Can anyone backup this view or detail what the actual limit is?<br />
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thanks<br />
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Matt 
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Hi,

I'm sure i have read somewhere that there is a 2TB limit on the size of a single NTFS partition when being presented to Windows 2003 Server.  Can anyone backup this view or detail what the actual limit is?

thanks

Matt 

Whats the largest partition (NTFS) that can be presented to Windows 2003 Server

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).