i'm looking to set up a raid 5 array with 2tb drives. The plan is to start out with 2 drives then expand if/when necessary. I haven't used raid 1 so I can expand later. It will be used for backups etc so I don't mind a performance hit in the meantime.
is this going to work?
I have heard horror stories all over the internet about maximum disk sizes and formatting problems and I just don't wanna fork out $200 odd for something that's not going to work.
what will be the maximum size (tb) that i can make the array before running into problems with windows or anything else for that matter.
I have win 7 64bit and would like to use the onboard raid controller on my http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?p_id=nlwyri9wlniyhaaa.
so basically...... will it work? or am I barking up the wrong trees. basically I want a cheap-per-tb redundant disk without having to split it into several partitions.
quick answers will be appreciated
is this going to work?
I have heard horror stories all over the internet about maximum disk sizes and formatting problems and I just don't wanna fork out $200 odd for something that's not going to work.
what will be the maximum size (tb) that i can make the array before running into problems with windows or anything else for that matter.
I have win 7 64bit and would like to use the onboard raid controller on my http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?p_id=nlwyri9wlniyhaaa.
so basically...... will it work? or am I barking up the wrong trees. basically I want a cheap-per-tb redundant disk without having to split it into several partitions.
quick answers will be appreciated