Rajahal Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Will not work with unRAID at this time (unless you short stroke it to 2 TB). Link to comment
aiden Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Planning for future builds, since >2.1TB support is in the pipeline fairly soon. Could get one for parity, and ignore the extra 1TB until unRAID is ready. Link to comment
ilovejedd Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Meh, by the time unRAID supports it, the price will probably be down to $100~150 already. Better off just saving the cash right now. Link to comment
Joe L. Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Planning for future builds, since >2.1TB support is in the pipeline fairly soon. Could get one for parity, and ignore the extra 1TB until unRAID is ready. May not be as easy as you think to use one until GPT partitions are supported. It is not as simple as just using the first 2TB. (unless, perhaps you can add an HPA taking the top 1TB. Lots of unknowns... if your BIOS and disk controller will recognize the larger size drive at all.) Link to comment
BRiT Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 If you purchase this now, be sure to pick up tickets to any lottery you're eligible for ... Link to comment
aiden Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 I didn't realize this post would be treated with so much criticism. I was merely trying to bring some attention to a price drop for a new drive. I thought perhaps it might be of use to anyone who might be testing 3Tb support for their hardware, or maybe even for Tom. I certainly wasn't trying to suggest it was supported for use in unRAID, so I apologize for creating any confusion. Link to comment
Joe L. Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I didn't realize this post would be treated with so much criticism. I was merely trying to bring some attention to a price drop for a new drive. I thought perhaps it might be of use to anyone who might be testing 3Tb support for their hardware, or maybe even for Tom. I certainly wasn't trying to suggest it was supported for use in unRAID, so I apologize for creating any confusion. I'm sure many are waiting... and the pressure to support them will dramatically increase when their relative cost becomes competitive to the 2TB drives. It's getting there... that's for sure. When they hit $150 (or less) they'll be very tempting. Link to comment
RobJ Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I don't think anyone meant to be critical. I think they wanted to make sure that less knowledgeable users had the full picture. Link to comment
BRiT Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Oh, I do appreciate the posting on the deal, so don't take these posts negatively. I was just having some fun at the current situation given how much is still unknown on the hardware support front. I thought it might bring some laughs to everyone. I would love to have at least 3 of these in my array right now, but I don't want the headache associated with being the one pioneering the way and fighting all the issues which could drive me to replacing the motherboard and cpu. I'm having enough fun running with 64bit OS with unRAID on top and trying out a currently unsupported SATA controller card while continuing to admin and moderate my own forums and of course trying to enjoy the multimedia content. I too think the really sweet point will be around $150. Link to comment
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