Partition Size Limitation
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:22 PMWhat is the maximum partition size allowable for Server 2008 x32 using NTFS? Is it 2 TB ?
- Edited by Dave_B3 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:32 PM add architectue spec
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:04 AM Well, considering there was no such limitation in Server 2003, I imagine there wouldn't be such a limitation in 2008. If you convert your disk to a GPT (GUID Partition Table) then the limit is refered to a "a very large size" as I read somewhere. We currently have many partitions that are greater then 4TB on production machines running Server 2003.
Ed- Proposed As Answer by Ed Manteuffel Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:04 AM
- Marked As Answer by Morgan Che [MSFT]Moderator Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:54 AM
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:54 AMModerator
Hi,
Based on my research, for NTFS "The maximum partition size is 2TB. NTFS actually has an upper limit of 16 Exabyte (quintillion bytes, or 16 million TB), but since current industry standard limits the Partition Tables to 2 to the 32nd power sectors (with 512B sectors, that's 2 TB), the actual current upper limit is 2 TB.
However, as for GPT partition, NTRS can support 256T.
More infomramtion, please refer to the artile below:
Windows and GPT FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT_FAQ.mspx
Hope this helps.- Marked As Answer by Morgan Che [MSFT]Moderator Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:54 AM
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Monday, May 17, 2010 8:24 PMI want to partition my 2TB drive into 3 NTFS partitions. Partition 1 will be 250 GB and will boot Windows 7. Partition 2 will be 250 GB and will boot Windows XP. Partition 3 will be 1.5TB and will be used to store all of the music, photos, video, documents, etc. Will Windows 7 and XP recognize the 1.5TB partition on which I would like to store my content?
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:55 AMModerator
yes it will
but... stay under the 2TB limit, that is a hard limit, better to create something like 1.45 TB for the last one
rgds,
edwin.
- Proposed As Answer by Edwin vMierloMVP, Moderator Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:56 AM
- Marked As Answer by Edwin vMierloMVP, Moderator Thursday, May 27, 2010 9:25 AM
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:22 PMThanks.
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