Hello,
I recently picked up some 3TB drives and went to initialize them which resulted in one 2TB partition and 1 750GB partition. I have then re-initialized as GPT in which it then showed one 2.7TB partition.
I had never heard of GPT so I hit the net and got a crash course on why 3TB need GPT but WHS uses MBR. The workaround pinned here has me a bit uneasy. I don't think I'm going to go that route. Worst case, get 2TB working for now and wait for updates.
Right now the 3TB is initialized as GPT and formatted as NTFS, but I haven't added it to the pool yet. From what I'm reading, when I add the drive it will re-partition it to MBR and only use 2TB. I'm going to try adding it later just to be sure.
I guess what I'm wondering is, if I don't do the GPT workaround, can I set up 2 partitions and add the 2TB to the pool and have a separate 750GB that I can use as a static, non-pool storage? Or will it only see 2TB after I add it no mater what?
And if I set it up with 2 partitions like that, will that mess with the re-install like the GPT workaround? Would I be able to add the disk and have WHS recognize the 2TB parttion and add it? Then I would have to manually re-set up a share on the 750GB.
I use RAID1 instead of the software RAID, but everything else is normal. My highpoint RAID card sees the full size of the 3TB. And my mobo has an nVidia nForce chipset if that makes any difference.
Thanks