Good 2+TB drives these days?

Seagate 2TB Barracuda http://www.amazon.co...roduct/B005T3GRN2 for my AMD box that's under construction (soon).

I believe the partitioning (at least on Winders) goes through another "barrier" shortly above 2 TB, so I'd be nervous about using a 3TB or larger drive on Winders unless I knew all the ramifications.

For OSX it probably doesn't matter. Someone put 2 SSDs and a 3TB drive in an iMac - http://forums.macrum...ead.php?t=1307367

I'd avoid "Green" drives unless you know how to turn off the automatic spin-down, etc.

HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #358,326 by malraux 6/1/12 3:37:39 PM Reply	Good 2+TB drives these days? My 1TB external TimeMachine drive is filling up... Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #358,328 by Another Scott 6/1/12 4:07:48 PM Reply	I got a couple of these, but haven't installed them yet. Seagate 2TB Barracuda http://www.amazon.co...roduct/B005T3GRN2 for my AMD box that's under construction (soon). I believe the partitioning (at least on Winders) goes through another "barrier" shortly above 2 TB, so I'd be nervous about using a 3TB or larger drive on Winders unless I knew all the ramifications. For OSX it probably doesn't matter. Someone put 2 SSDs and a 3TB drive in an iMac - http://forums.macrum...ead.php?t=1307367 I'd avoid "Green" drives unless you know how to turn off the automatic spin-down, etc. HTH. Cheers, Scott.
Post #358,341 by malraux 6/1/12 6:07:04 PM Reply	Green may not be bad It's an external backup drive so it will be inactive for 59 minutes out the hour anyways. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.

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