How does more then 2.2TB work on XP?
 

I was just getting ready to set up my 4 bay raid enclosure to use raid 5 on it, but I was wonder how do I go about using it on a XP pc when the max HD size is 2.2TB I believe and this raid 5 setup will be 6TB? How do I go about this, thanks.

Not gonna happen unless you go to XP x64 to allow GPT tables.

Same thing with vista/7 as well?

Sorry I just realized what you were asking.

to answer, it doesn't matter. you can use any windows to network the RAID.

Yes. GPT tables are the only way to use 2TB or more hard drives.

uhh wait. The RAID enclosure is 6 TB, not a single hard drive.

it doesn't matter, the enclosure probably can't support more then 2.2 TB anyways. (I'm assuming a 3 x 2TB setup?) it's still accessible from Windows

It's 4x2TB and can run in JBOD or raid5 I was going to do raid 5 but might just jbod it.

right right 4x2 will yield about 5.2 TB, but either way it doesn't matter, it's all accessible in 32 bit windows.

as enaberif don't I need the 64 bit to have GPT Tables to get this to work?

nope, only if the drives were directly connected, a network drive will work beyond 2.2 TB in 32 bit (the host would obviously need to be 64 bit for 2.2+ TB drives to work)

besides, 32 bit can address DRIVES that are less the 2.2 TB , which 2 TB drives are. it doesn't matter if you're RAIDing or JBODing them, they're still under 2 TB.