Question Can I install 10TB HDD in Dell T-7500 workstation ?

[dan99t]

My Dell T-7500 workstation spec sheet says 10 TB maximum storage capacity.

It has 4 drive bays & currently I am running 1 x 500 GB SSD + 1 x 2 TB SSD + 1 x 6 TB HDD.
Instead of 6 TB HDD, I want buy a new 10 TB HDD.
Does that mean, I will not be able to run that 10 TB HDD with other two SSDs I mentioned ?

Here is a link to T-7500 Spec sheet :

https://www.dell.com/learn/lt/en/lt.../documents~dell_precision_t7500_specsheet.pdf

Please advice.

Thank You

 

[beyondlogic]

My Dell T-7500 workstation spec sheet says 10 TB maximum storage capacity.

It has 4 drive bays & currently I am running 1 x 500 GB SSD + 1 x 2 TB SSD + 1 x 6 TB HDD.
Instead of 6 TB HDD, I want buy a new 10 TB HDD.
Does that mean, I will not be able to run that 10 TB HDD with other two SSDs I mentioned ?

Here is a link to T-7500 Spec sheet :

https://www.dell.com/learn/lt/en/lt.../documents~dell_precision_t7500_specsheet.pdf

Please advice.

Thank You

What operating system are you running it may be that 10tb is the maximum it can address

 

[faalin]

If you're still on windows 7 that came with the computer then 16TB is the limit due to sector size, 4K sector support did not come out till windows 8 for larger drives.

 

[dan99t]

What operating system are you running it may be that 10tb is the maximum it can address

Running Windows-7 Ultimate

 

[dan99t]

If you're still on windows 7 that came with the computer then 16TB is the limit due to sector size, 4K sector support did not come out till windows 8 for larger drives.

So if I understand correctly, you are saying that yes, I can run a 10 TB HDD besides the other two SSDs one 500 GB & the other 2 TB ?

 

[faalin]

If this is your computer https://www.compeve.com/socket-lga1...station-motherboard-d881f-lga1366-p-3235.html

Then there are 7 sata ports so you could have up to 7 drives installed in the computer.

 

[dan99t]

If this is your computer https://www.compeve.com/socket-lga1...station-motherboard-d881f-lga1366-p-3235.html

Yes, that is it.
But I don't understand 10TB storage limit in spec sheet.

 

[faalin]

At the time windows 7 came out the largest drive was 2TB, in 2013 WD released the first 10TB drive. Its just one of those you have to look into the future and guess how big a drive will be and put it in the specs.


Edit....... i stand corrected, dug a little more into the drives. 14TB uses 512 byte sector sizes, when you jump to a 16TB dive it uses 4096 bytes sector size. Windows 7 does not read 4k sector sizes so the larges you could go it 14TB

 

[beyondlogic]

Yes, that is it.
But I don't understand 10TB storage limit in spec sheet.

its a limit more by the os and the motherboard bios

from what i can gather it should work its confusing to read but 4 drives might be limit i believe it can only address 10tb as its max drive capacity.

 

[dan99t]

At the time windows 7 came out the largest drive was 2TB, in 2013 WD released the first 10TB drive. Its just one of those you have to look into the future and guess how big a drive will be and put it in the specs

You are right,

I started buying WD 3TB HDDs in 2013. The current 6 TB I bought last month.

 

[dan99t]

its a limit more by the os and the motherboard bios

If that is the case then I shouldn't buy 10 TB because I am using Win-7 Ultimate & my rig is 2012 Dell T-7500 Workstation.

Just bought 6 TB last month & is working great, so I am getting little greedy & would like to go for 10 TB due to a large stock market data base I am collecting.

 

[dan99t]

its a limit more by the os and the motherboard bios

Forgot to mention. I am going to use 10 TB as just the data volume & not going to install Win-7 on it. Would that make the difference or still Bios might cause the problem ?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Forgot to mention. I am going to use 10 TB as just the data volume & not going to install Win-7 on it. Would that make the difference or still Bios might cause the problem ?

Makes no difference. BIOS limitations and/or Windows limitations applies to all drives in your PC.

 

[dan99t]

Makes no difference. BIOS limitations and/or Windows limitations applies to all drives in your PC

Can you tell me if it goes up only 500 GB it wouldn't work ?

I am going to use 500 GB as the OS drive & 10 TB as the data drive, so how strict that 10 TB Limit is when it comes to Bios & Windows-7 ?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Can you tell me if it goes up only 500 GB it wouldn't work ?

I am going to use 500 GB as the OS drive & 10 TB as the data drive, so how strict that 10 TB Limit is when it comes to Bios & Windows-7 ?

Sorry, don't know. That's not my area of expertise and I don't want to give you any duff information.

 

[fzabkar]

The 10TB "limit" in the spec sheet seems rather stupid. SATA drivers around that time had a 32-bit LBA limitation, which amounts to 2TiB (for 512e drives). Updated drivers would remove that limitation, so a 10TB limit seems arbitrary.

One real problem I can foresee is the Power Disable issue relating to SATA power #3, but that is easily circumvented.

 

[dan99t]

Hi,
Currently I am using following two Toshiba HDDs in my Dell Workstation T-7500 for storage purpose ( No OS )

and they are working together fine

(1) Dell Toshiba MG08ADA400NY ( 4 tb ) HDD
(2) Toshiba MG08ADA600E ( 6 tb ) HDD

But they are full now and I want to buy a new Toshiba 10 TB Enterprise HDD.

Model available in the market is Toshiba MG09ACA10TE as in following Toshiba site

https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com...loud-scale-capacity/articles/mg09-series.html

My question is would it be compatible with my workstation just like the other two ?

Thank You

 

[dan99t]

Sorry,

I wanted to start this as a new thread but it got mixed up & I don't know how to delete it.

 

[dan99t]

Hi,
Currently I am using following two Toshiba HDDs in my Dell Workstation T-7500 for storage purpose ( No OS )

and they are working together fine

(1) Dell Toshiba MG08ADA400NY ( 4 tb ) HDD
(2) Toshiba MG08ADA600E ( 6 tb ) HDD

But they are full now and I want to buy a new Toshiba 10 TB Enterprise HDD.

Model available in the market is Toshiba MG09ACA10TE as in following Toshiba site.

https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com...loud-scale-capacity/articles/mg09-series.html

My question is, would it be compatible with my workstation just like the other two ?

Thank You

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[dan99t]

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[Eximo]

Yes, SATA drives haven't really changed in a while. Your motherboard also supports SAS apparently, but that doesn't really offer any advantage for your use case.