DSS Lite - Total storage size exceeded licensed capacity

[SophInfra]

Hello,

I am receiving this message when using DSS-Lite. We have 2x2TB drives that we plan on using in a S/W mirror. The OS is on a single 36GB drive with the created 2GB FAT16 partition. How can I get by this error message? Before I entered our DSS-Lite activation key we were able to create the S/W mirror that produced a 1.8TB logical volume, but now I cannot see it or make any changes as I'm stuck at this message. Is DSS adding on the 34GB of extra space to go over the 2TB limit? What can I do? Thanks.

Jeff

[To-M]

If using SW RAID then we will see both 2 TB drives and this will be at 4TB. You can purchase additional lic 2TB key if you want from link below.

http://www.open-e.com/store/

[SophInfra]

If using SW RAID then we will see both 2 TB drives and this will be at 4TB. You can purchase additional lic 2TB key if you want from link below.

http://www.open-e.com/store/

So are you saying there's no way around this even though our goal is to have a 2TB S/W raid? We are forced to purchase the software?

[To-M]

It's always been like this that we are seeing the RAW capacity from the drives so if you have 2 x 2TB this will be 4TB. The other option is to use 2 x 1TB drives or 4 x 500GB drives. the cost for the 2TB is only $105

[SophInfra]

It's always been like this that we are seeing the RAW capacity from the drives so if you have 2 x 2TB this will be 4TB. The other option is to use 2 x 1TB drives or 4 x 500GB drives. the cost for the 2TB is only $105

Thanks, we'll consider this. Can you tell me if the added 34GB from the 36Gb drive is also factored in to the total amount of RAW space?

[Gr-R]

Thanks, we'll consider this. Can you tell me if the added 34GB from the 36Gb drive is also factored in to the total amount of RAW space?

It is NOT.

[To-M]

Not really because we do have a buffer of 250GB over the 2TB that we allow for.