Jason, Thanks for the real world experience. Hope that NewEgg doesn't up the price on the 3 TB before I can order
Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Chue > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 6:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Using 3 TB Drives > > The HP Microserver that I'm using these 3TB drives on does not support > EFI/UEFI. In fact, HP officially says the Microserver only supports 2TB drives. > No problems whatsoever. > On 30 Oct 2012 03:08, "James Maki" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > As a follow-up on my question regarding WD Red drives in a software > > RAID vs. > > NAS, I am trying to decipher the ins and outs of 3 TB drives. As far > > as I can figure out, 3 TB drives will always work with 64 bit Windows > > 7 as data drives, but to boot from a 3 TB the motherboard MUST support > > an EFI/UEFI BIOS. So, it would seem that I could RAID 4 or 5 3 TB > > drives in Windows 7 Professional on an older (circa 2011) Gigabyte > > Motherboard that does not state that it supports EFI/UEFI for data. > > > > Any warnings or caveats on this idea? Am I missing any important > > points that would destroy my vision? I guess I waited too long on the > > 2tb Reds. They were $119.99 over the weekend and then jumped to > > $159.99 at NewEgg today. > > The 3tb remain at $179.99. So 2tb at $80/gig vs. the 3 tb at $60/gig. > > Still > > disappointed that I didn't buy a bunch of Samsung 2tb before the > > floods and price increases last year. The last one I purchased was $70 > > for 2tb and had a 3 year warranty vs. the new Seagate branded > > Samsung's 1 year warranty costing $130. > > > > Thanks to those who responded to my initial WD Red post regarding > > utilizing WD Reds in a software RAID vs. NAS. > > > > Jim Maki > > [email protected] > > > > > > > >
