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    I'm just in the process of installing WHS. I'm using a 200GB HDD for C/D, and am now adding two 1TB HDD's.

    Is there a best practice for partitioning the new drives? Leave them whole (1TB)? Break them into 500GB chunks?

    What works best and (a quick) why?

    Thanks,

    Greg
    Friday, August 14, 2009 6:32 PM

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    Don't bother partitioning them unless the Windows Home Server console complains about an uninitialized disk. Windows Home Server will, when a drive is added to the storage pool, format it with a single partition.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Saturday, August 15, 2009 4:29 AM
    • Marked as answer by stampnw Saturday, August 15, 2009 5:50 AM
    Friday, August 14, 2009 7:08 PM
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    Don't bother partitioning them unless the Windows Home Server console complains about an uninitialized disk. Windows Home Server will, when a drive is added to the storage pool, format it with a single partition.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Saturday, August 15, 2009 4:29 AM
    • Marked as answer by stampnw Saturday, August 15, 2009 5:50 AM
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    Thanks Ken,

    Shortly after posting, I came across a document that indicates WHS treats all HDD's (aside from C/D) as JBOD anyway, so I guess it doesn't make any sense to partition them per drive, as WHS is going to join them all together anyway.

    Having a bit of difficulty evolving from the "old ways" I guess!  :-)
    Friday, August 14, 2009 7:24 PM