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DISK VOLUME OVER 2TB
The 2+TB hard drive support is determined by the chipset used in the device and
the operating system itself. The RAID System supports and recognizes 2+TB
hard drives, but the actual 2+TB support will vary depending on the different
operating systems used.
OS
USB
FireWire eSATA
Windows 2000, XP, or older
No
No
No
Windows XP 64-bit, Windows 2003 32-
bit/64-bit (SP1 and SP2)
Yes No Yes
Windows
Windows Vista, Windows 2008 32-
bit/64-bit
Yes Yes Yes
Linux
Linux 32-bit/64-bit
Yes*
No
Yes*
Mac OS 9/10.1/10.2
No
No
No
Mac
Mac OS 10.3/10.4/10.5/10.6/10.7
Yes
Yes
Yes
* Depends on the Linux version. Please see the chart below:
Linux OS
USB
eSATA
Linux Fedora Core 8 / 32-bit
No
Yes
Linux Fedora Core 8 / 64-bit
No
Yes
Linux Fedora 10 / 64-bit
Yes
Yes
If the OS does not support over 2TB, you can still use the RAID System with
the Advance Mode to adjust the Hard Drive Storage Size to fit your host’s OS.
Please see RAID MASTER: ADJUST HARD DRIVE STORAGE SIZE section
under “Q&As”.
