How to Create Larger Than 2TB Single RAID Set in HDPro for Windows XP?

In the past, Windows used 32-bit block numbers in the lower storage stack. This effectively limited support for single disk devices-which might be hardware RAID sets, sometimes called virtual disks or LUNs-to being no larger than 2TB. To get storage unit sizes beyond 2 TB, one had to combine multiple LUNs using the Windows Disk Management. This problem would give those users no other alternatives than to combine with software RAID.

With the new HDPro GUI and firmware, there is no longer a 2TB limitation with storage when using Windows platforms. Now one can utilize the full volume of our HDPro product in one single volume to store media files.

To take advantage of this breakthrough technology, please follow the following simple instructions:

1. Download the latest HDPro driver, firmware and RAIDShield software:
http://www.caldigit.com/support.asp
2. Update RAIDShield to version 2.0.5 or above.
3. Update HDPro Firmware/Systemcode, BootCode and BIOS/EFI to the latest version.(Located in /HDPro/Update/ Folder)



4. When creating new RAID set, change the "Sector Size" to 4096 Bytes.



5. After RAID initialization, restart the computer.

6. Open Disk Manager and partition HDPro volume. The following shows HDPro 3.2TB single volume.



7. Atto Disk Benchmark result:



8. AJA System Test result: