Maximum TB for a computer? what?

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So I bought a hp microserver and in the specifications on a website it says

 

Maximum storage capacity8  TB

[Enderman]

link?

it might be a limit based on the amount of 3.5" drive bays

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http://www.senetic.com/product/704941-421

 

There are 4 drive bays, i could fit 4x6TB WD REDs in there, what prevents it from accessing more than 8TB?

[Enderman]

http://www.senetic.com/product/704941-421

 

There are 4 drive bays, i could fit 4x6TB WD REDs in there, what prevents it from accessing more than 8TB?

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Yeah it seems lie the 8TB is their maximum capacity based on 4x 2TB drives, but now there are much larger drives so im guessing you can fit over 8TB. You might want to contact the company and send them an email to make sure though.

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You know theres this thing called the 'quote' button right?

People get your message when you reply using the quote.

 

Yeah it seems lie the 8TB is their maximum capacity based on 4x 2TB drives, but now there are much larger drives so im guessing you can fit over 8TB. You might want to contact the company and send them an email to make sure though.

 

Sorry, still new to the forum. Thanks for the help

[Enderman]

Sorry, still new to the forum. Thanks for the help

Youre welcome

[adhisakti]

Some people use 4x4tb hdd in this server, with some modifications you can even use 6 of them, take a look at unraid forum

[JohnnyGrey]

Rated capacities are probably just the biggest hard drives on the market when the product was released, and/or when the spec sheet was written up.

[alpenwasser]

So I bought a hp microserver and in the specifications on a website it says

 

Maximum storage capacity8  TB

 

There are a few possibilities. One, as mentioned, is that the number

is simply based on the amount of HDD slots and the largest capacity on

the market when the server comes out (which seems to be the case here

since apparently you can go above 8 TB).

However, there are also SATA/SAS controllers which can't address HDDs

larger than 2 TB correctly, in which case you couldn't get around that

limit without using a different controller. For example, I have a server

with a motherboard from the LGA1366 era, and the onboard SAS controller

has this limit, so I've needed to buy additional SAS controller cards

in order to be able to use HDDs 3 TB and larger.

Lastly, the manufacturer could have decided to be a dick and locked the

thing down to prevent people from using larger HDDs. Not sure if that

is actually ever done, but I wouldn't be surprised if so.