11680, What are the disk drive and array size limitations with the LSI 3ware RAID controllers?
The LSI 3ware 7000 and 8000 series controllers can technically support disk drives of up to 2TB maximum in capacity, but we do not recommend using any drive >1 TB with these controller models. Please see the following link for further information regarding 7000/8000 series cards and >1TB drives:
http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16271.aspx
The LSI 3ware 9500S, 9550SX(U), and 9590SE seriescontrollers can support disk drives of up to 2 TBytes maximum incapacity. That is to say, the limit of the size of an individual diskdrive within an array is 2TB maximum.
See http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16481.aspx
The 9650SE, 9690SA, and 9750 series controllers support >2TB physical drives, currently up to 3TB physical devices (note: latest firmware must be used).
See also:http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16271.aspx