I am wondering if it is possible to buy some 3Tb drives, downsize them to 2Tb (or 2.2Tb) for now, and then use them in my array.
To buy 3 2TB 7200 RPM Hitachi drives would cost $110 each = $330.
To buy 2 3TB 7200 RPM Hitachi drives would cost $180 each = $360.
Same capacity. I would pay this $30 premium. When unRAID 5.0 b5 comes out, I'd be able to help test out the 3Tb formatting.
Is this doable? I remember reading that you could create an HPA "on purpose" to make the dri