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# Windows 10 Storage Spaces: "storage space cannot be extended because the number of clusters will exceed the maximum number of clusters supported by the file system"

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u/you_readit_wrong
4 years ago

# Windows 10 Storage Spaces: "storage space cannot be extended because the number of clusters will exceed the maximum number of clusters supported by the file system"

Have all WD drives. All NTFS, 5x4TB blues and 2x8TB reds (from shucking easy stores). I added the 2 new drives to the pool, but for some reason it's still limiting the size of my pool to 14.5 TB. When I click to increase the size, it gives me the error in the title. Any solutions? I searched on google and on reddit and this subreddit but couldn't find anything useful. Thank you in advance for your help!

My motherboard is this: X9DRL-IF-O if that helps in recommending I do something other than windows storage spaces.

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ohhechad
· 4 yr. ago

I’m guessing the volume you are trying to extend uses 4K clusters. The max volume size for 4K is 16 TB. The easiest way around this is to create a second volume with your two reds at a larger cluster size, move your data to the new volume, then add the old disks to the new volume.

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· 4 yr. ago

This is the answer. I had the same problem as op. It has been 2 weeks, and I'm still moving shit over.

For some stupid reason, windows assigns 4k clusters to any pool smaller than 16tb. However, windows let's you create a 63tb pool, even if you don't have the drives. That was what I did in the second pool. That way, I won't have to increase the pool size in the future. All I would have to do is add more drives to the array.

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Rayogen
· 4 yr. ago · edited 4 yr. ago
28TB

Use whatever disk-management you prefer. Your error is because the filesystem has maximum size based on the cluster size you define when the drive is formatted. I have been caught by this a few times, and requires a little bit of planning.

Here is a reference

Cluster Size | Max Volume Size
--- | ---
4kb | 16TB
8kb | 32TB
16kb | 64TB
32kb | 128TB
64kb | 256TB

So looking at your drives (5x4 = 20, 2x8 = 16) your max size is 36tb. So you need 16kb clusters, or split the pool into 2 volumes.

Why is cluster size important? Its the 'smallest' size any file will take on the volume. So if you have a bunch of 1kb files, on a cluster with 64kb each file takes 64kb of space. If you have large linux ISOs, this is less of an issue because each file will span multiple clusters.

Personally, i look at the 'largest' I will let a volume get, and set the cluster size accordingly. My plex server is a single volume with a cluster size of 16kb running RAID 6 in hardware. I have been expanding it for years, and ran into this problem. I like having my entire plex library in one location. I accept all the risks for catastrophic data loss (even had to use it once).

I hope this helps.

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fruymen
· 4 yr. ago
25TB

Stop using storage spaces, and start using something like stablebit drivepool. Now you have to opportunity to switch over.

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you_readit_wrong
Op · 4 yr. ago

Ok. Thank you! You recommend this over going with a hardware raid card?

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