Does Ubuntu recognize 6TB hard drives?

[Heeter]

Hi all,

Will Ubuntu recognize a 6TB (2x3TB RAID0) Hard rive setup?

This is for my 12.10 64bit setup.

Thanks

Heeter

[oldfred]

Yes, but you have to use gpt partitioning.

But I am not a fan of RAID (except for servers) and definitely think you need to reconsider that much data in RAID 0. How are you backing up?
Do not use gparted on RAID.
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-res...-software-raid
Don't bother with RAID 0 unless you have a specific need for speed without data redundancy, since if one drive goes out, you lose the whole array.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
parted (3.0) completely removes filesystem creation and modification support, except for filesystem probing to determine what's in a partition.

[dabl]

Or, you could make a single BTRFS filesystem across both (unformatted) drives. Using the defaults for a multi-device filesystem, you will have mirroring of metadata, and striping of your data.

https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index....ltiple_Devices

[oldfred]

Not everyone finds btrfs works.

BTRFS, not ready for prime time
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2111487
EXT4 Still Leads Over Btrfs File-System On Linux 3.8
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...rfs_ext4&num=1

[dabl]

And from the BTRFS development team:

"BTRFS is stable on a stable system."

Which exactly reflects my experience, running a 2-drive BTRFS filesystem on a pair of WD-1002FAEX drives for two years now.

[Heeter]

Thanks for your great responses, guys

Gonna try this btrfs, will stay away from the raid array.


Heeter