Hi, It seems there are some people on ET who are using Dell T-7500 Workstation so if you guys can tell me if I can install a 3 Tb Western Digital ( Green ) Internal OR External Hard drive on this machine & if it would work before I purchase it ? I am not going to install any OS & will be making it one partition HD to store large files like videos etc. My 2 Tbs are full. Thank You
Hmmm, I don't know. But if I filled up a 2 TB drive, I think I'd look for a solution other than buying a bigger drive
Yes, Ithought of that because who wants waste money ? Unfortunately, I don't have a choice. But thanks anyway for taking time to respond.
And thanks for not flaming me ! I just googled "I filled up my 2 TB drive" and got some interesting stuff. Specifically this link : http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php/topic/20177-need-more-than-2tb-for-videos-folder/ Good luck !
yes a 3tb (and all the way up to a 5TB drive) will work in a T7500. I would also say that a single 2+ TB drive that is not backed up is a very risky thing. I build lots of large storage arrays (like 10TB is on the small side, 54TB is about normal) and when a 2TB drive dies it takes hours and hours to rebuild the new drive. Going from 2TB to 3TB will only put all that data at risk. T7500 is a big machine with 8 standard bays. Have you thought about buying a second 2TB HDD instead of just bumping up to 3TB? Also I'm curious to know what filled up a 2TB drive (you don't have to answer if it's porn )
Thank you WinstonTJ. While doing some research, I came across few concerns & I would appreciate if you can address them. 1. Do I need EFI or UEFI Bios in my motherboard ? 2. Would the controller that comes with T-7500 handle 3 Tb HDD ? 3. Do I need to partition it as GPT instead of MBR ? Following article kinda scared me. http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/everything_you_need_to_know_about_3tb_hard_drives.html Will appreciate help WinstonTJ.
Once agin Thank You kandlekid for a very informative link. Being not hardware techi, I will have someone else to implement those great solutions.
Well, short answer would be " No, it's not porn " But then your next question would be : " then what is it ? " Again a short answer is " Read following link, posted by kandlekid. I am not the only one who needs lots of HD space " http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php/topic/20177-need-more-than-2tb-for-videos-folder/ But then I love this forum because it adds humor to boring questions & for that " Thank You Guys "