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12/29/2008 10:09 AM
I can confirm this, our DR file server is a DL320s full of 750GB drives, it definitely needed GPT to use the data partition effectively =) No problems with Server 03, 2k Pro, XP or Vista clients. Thanks, Andrew Fidel Network Administrator Developers Diversified Realty 3300 Enterprise Parkway Beachwood, OH 44122 P: 216.755.5437 F: 216.755.1437 www.ddr.com NYSE: DDR Together, we break new ground every day. "James Wells" <jamwel@gmail.com> Sent by: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org 12/26/2008 11:38 PM Please respond to ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org To ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org cc Subject Re: [ActiveDir] OT: GPT versus MBR No problems, then. I don't think there's an upper limit for SMB share size. There are practical limitations (size of volume, data protection, number of files) that come into play long before that would happen, anyway. --James On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Susan Bradley, CPA <sbradcpa@pacbell.net> wrote: > Yup mapped drive access or \\server\share > > James Wells wrote: >> >> When you say "access the shared file size" - are you talking SMB/CIFS? >> If so, yes - the client mapping that drive/share won't care what the >> size/format of the volume on the server is... >> >> The GPT mounter/snippet on the article below is for taking a drive or >> array, creating a GBT partition on a server, then plugging that >> drive/array into an XP workstation and mounting it as a local drive... >> >> >> --James >> >> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Susan Bradley, CPA >> <sbradcpa@pacbell.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> Okay you people with the terrabytes and mega huge file storage must know >>> this one... >>> >>> If one formats a server with GPT formatting and not MBR, can a XP 32bit >>> workstation access the shared file size above 2 T? >>> >>> >>> http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/05/how-to-break-the-2tb-2-terabyte-file-system-limit/ >>> >>> Or does one have to use a GPT mounter tool? >>> http://www.mediafour.com/products/gptmounter/ >>> >>> I'm having a hard time finding definitive info if the file share is the >>> one >>> with the GPT formatting and how it will impact the XP 32bit workstation. >>> >>> (Vista and XP 64bit handles GPT formatting fine) >>> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >>> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >>> List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx >>> >>> >> >> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >> List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx >> >> > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx

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