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Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr>
Subject: Re: what is the safe <2 TB number, precisely ?
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Eric Anderson writes:

> What he meant (presumably) is the utility that came with the hardware 
> array itself, to create logical drives within the array hardware, so it 
> is presented to FreeBSD as a device all of its own.

Ah gotcha. I think I have seen this in the 3ware cards.
Will try it in the next 2T+ machine.

Anyone has done this in 3ware cards?