Cannot create 3TB volume on HA disk

[jdeshin]

Hello All!
I've created a 3TB StarWind HA storage and successfully map it as a disk.
When I try to create volume on that storage by running New-Volume cmdlet then I give unexpected error after a long time.
Do you have any restrictions etc. for volume sizes?

Best regards,
Yury

[yaroslav (staff)]

No, we do not have a limitation (we just recommend devices be below 7 TB to avoid full sync overlapping with backups or production workloads). The volume was created by StarWind VSAN. If you want to format it as NTFS, try diskpart as described here https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... rver-2016/.

[webdude]

(we just recommend devices be below 7 TB to avoid full sync overlapping with backups or production workloads)

if I have a 15TB storage, do you recommend splitting it for multiple CSV? 7TB, 7TB, 1TB?

Thanks

[yaroslav (staff)]

7TB, 7TB, 1TB?

You should. That will help to make full synchronization of your data discrete. This, in turn, should save you from re-synchronizing the entire array once again if synchronization fails. Still, if you have a large VM there, there is no need to push it hard.
Check the best practices out https://www.starwindsoftware.com/best-p ... practices/.