Software Raid Licensing

[dwright1542]

So I have 4x2TB drives that I would like to setup software raid 0+1 or 10. That gives me 4TB. I am licensed for 4TB, however, I am getting an error that says total storage size exceeds licensed storage capability.

How do I fix this?


::EDIT:: So I did the calculator, and what it looks like is if I do HW raid, I can license 4TB, but software requires an 8TB license? Am I reading that right?

-Darren

[To-M]

This is because you are using Software RAID and it will see all disks. Use this calculate from the link below to determine your storage license needs.

http://www.open-e.com/raid-calculator/

[dwright1542]

And there is no software RAID 10, AFAIK?

[Pi-L]

Correct, S/W Raids supports only 1 layer arrays

[gharding]

I would of thought that it would at least allow you to create the software raid and then let you create a volume group if you raid volume was within the license capacity, not just stop you from doing anything. This would stop problems where users buy a couple of 2x2TB drives to use the free version and then find out they cant use the drives.