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Can XServe take larger HD's?
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I'm looking to get an XServe in the future and I was wondering if it could take larger HD's like 160 GB's or so. I'm thinking it should be able to but I'm not sure.
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yes it can support bigger hd's
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by jaydog:
<strong>yes it can support bigger hd's</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Actually, no, I don't think it can.
XServe supports ATA-100 which has a fixed, hard-limit drive size of 136GB per drive. ATA drives larger than 136GB have to be ATA-133 or higher which the XServe doesn't support.
The absolute max you can put in a XServe is 4 x 136GB ATA-100 drives, or 544GB, and that's assuming you can find 136GB ATA-100 drives. I don't recall seeing any ATA100 drives bigger than 120GB, which may explain Apple's stated 480GB max internal storage.
For more storage space, you'll need an external array like the XServe RAID
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">For more storage space, you'll need an external array like the XServe RAID</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Or any other external FireWire storage, or any storage that can be attached to any interface available on a PCI card (ie, SCSI, FCAL, etc)...
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There are drivers that will allow drives over 136GB to be attached to an ATA/100 bus and function at full capacity, but they're only for 9 currently (the company hasn't been able to get them working for X yet. MacCentral carried the story a little while back). I wouldn't count on Apple providing a solution for this problem. BTW ATA133 drives will work with ATA100, but at only ~136GB (if they're larger than 136GB). I'd wait for SerialATA before shelling out serious money on hardware though.
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