max storage cap?

[ChrisAnders]

I put in a 500GB hard drive just for the Open-E OS
the computer has 3x 1TB drives working in a s/w RAID5 array, giving 1.8TB

soon as I registered the key, everything in the Web GUI is locked down, saying its exceeded the max storage capacity.

I don't understand this, the 500gb HDD doesn't even show up in the web GUI

Why is this happening? and is there a way around it.

[To-M]

The 3x 1TB drives in a s/w RAID5 is seeing all drives so the DSS Lite is seeing 3TB and is over the amount, you can purchase a 2TB storage license key from the link below if you wish to use the free amount of 2TB that we offer for free.

http://www.open-e.com/store/
Storage Extension +2TB

[ChrisAnders]

Does adding backup devices, For example a 1TB ESATA external drive, count towards the max storage cap as well?
Thanks

[To-M]

Any devices that can be used as a volume or unit is counted even a Dynamic Unit.

[ChrisAnders]

I've tried adding the backup drive to the other server machine, which has a RAID5 setup across three 500GB drives it seems to be accepting it w/ a lite license.

the S/W RAID setup shows all 4 drives, the three 500GB drives are in a RAID5 array of 1TB, and the 1TB ESATA backup

exact values are 931.51, 465.76, 465.76, 465.76 GB
an exact conversion of that works out to 2.27TB

yet it isn't saying the limit has been reached like the other machine,
Does it allow the total to go slightly over the limit or something?

[To-M]

There is a little overage that we allow so this is why.