Windows 2008 LUN size.

[BSCHWARTZBART]

Hello,

I'm using an iSCSI LUN on Windows 2008 R2, but the i'm limited to 16TB when I create this LUN.

It's possible to bypass this limit ?

My NetApp Cluster is on 8.2.1.

Thank's.

[SATISH_PAMARTHI1983 · Accepted solution]

Hope the below information might help you for your query.

Parameter                                                           Windows              Linux                                                                                  HP-UX           Solaris       AIX            ESX

Visible target ports per host	32	16	16	16	16	16
LUNs per host	255	2,048 devices max (where each path to a LUN is a device)	11iv2: 512 11iv3: 1,024	512	1,024	4.x: 256 Local drives, CD-ROM, and so on count against this value.
Maximum paths from host to LUN	8	24 (max of 2,048 per host)	11iv2: 8 11iv3: 32	16	16	4.x: 8 (max of 1,024 per host)
Maximum paths from host to storage solution	1,024	1,024	11iv2: 8 11iv3: 32	16	16	4.x: 8 (max of 1,024 per host)
Max LUN size	2 TB (MBR) 16 TB (GPT)	16 TB	11iv2: 2 TB 11iv3: 16 TB	16 TB	16 TB	16 TB (VMFS-5 and pass through RDM) 2 TB (VMFS-3 and non-pass-through RDM)