> Always have a small disk for the operating system (that is less than 2 TB),
> and have separate data disk..
>
Even for 4TB+ arrays I still use the array for booting to avoid a non
booting system if the boot disk dies but since I am using linux
software raid, I always partition the disks such that the boot is a
small raid 1 partition and then the data is a large raid 5 or 6. With
hardware that can only use full drives as array members I would still
suggest a small partition for boot. And then a larger one for root and
finally a partition for your data.
>
> Normal partition tables can't support disks bigger than 2 TB, so you need to
> have a GPT partition table on your data disk.
>
> So reconfigure your volumes on 3ware.. If you can't install with the >2TB
> volume in place, first install the OS, and then create the data volume.
>
> Hopefully that helps.
>
I will keep this in mind if I get a hw controller for linux.


John

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