[CentOS] Format big drives (4TB) in the installer?

CS_DBA cs_dba at consistentstate.com
Wed May 7 15:31:33 UTC 2014


On 05/07/2014 09:14 AM, Bob Marcan wrote:
> On Wed, 07 May 2014 08:41:23 -0600
> CS_DBA <cs_dba at consistentstate.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all;
>>
>> I cross posted this to the fedora list since we use Fedora as a test bed
>> from time to time, however given this is a production server we'll
>> likely be running CentOS.
>>
>> we've just ordered a new server
>> (http://www.spectrumservers.com/ssproducts/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=26&idproduct=787)
>>
>>
>> Originally I tried to simply upgrade an older server with more drive
>> space, I installed six (6)  4TB drives and did a new CentOS 6.5 install
>> but the OS would not allow me to configure more than 2TB per drive.
>>
>> Subsequent research leads me to conclude that if the bios supports UEFI
>> and the installer boots as such then the installer should see 4TB drives
>> without any issues.  I'm also assuming that any server I order today
>> (i.e. a more modern server) should ship with UEFI support in the bios.
>>
>> Are my conclusions above per UEFI correct?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance
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> Use parted and make GPT label.
> BR, Bob
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Thanks for the advice, can someone point me to a good step by step how 
to per setting up a RAID 10 volume per the parted & GPT tools?

Thanks





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