Which Adaptec SATA raid cards support 2TB drives.

[RimBlock]

Hi,

Can anyone please advise which raid cards from Adaptec can support drives up to 2TB and above, arrays above 3TB and raid 10.

I have just got a 2410AS and am having problems with it seeing any of my WD-CG 1.5TB drives. I will see if there is a bios update which will fix this.

I have the possibility to use this one for another machine with WD-Black 500GB drives and get an Adaptec 4805 but I have heard rumours that this will not support drives over 2TB.

Adaptec do not seem to advertise the max capacity for individual drives or an array on their cards .

Can anyone please advise.

Also, the reason fro using non-motherboard hardware raid or software raid is so I can move the disks and card to a new machine if needed without risking loosing the array and it's data.

Thanks
RB

 

[RimBlock]

Ok, the 2410SA is out, found the max drive size is 1TB and max array size is 2TB .

Ok that will go in my workstation then.

Still interested to find out any limitations on the 4805.

Thanks
RB

 

[PistolPete]

Have you thought about a cheap Dell PERC6?

I'm running 2 of them, both populated with 2TB drives and arrays obviously bigger than 2TB and RAID10 is available on them.

 

[RimBlock]

Have you thought about a cheap Dell PERC6?

I'm running 2 of them, both populated with 2TB drives and arrays obviously bigger than 2TB and RAID10 is available on them.

Thanks Pete, will take a look.

RB