I'm repurposing some hardware from my prev workstation to build a WHS box. Hopefully I can install the new 64-bit Vail version, but I still need to read up on how hard it will be to upgrade from a beta install to production release when that is available.
To start with, I am using two drives: an older Seagage Barracude 7200.10 250 GB and a new Samsung HD154UI 1.5 TB. I intend to use the 250 only for op sys/installation and the 1.5 will start the data pool. I formatted
the 250 by hooking it up to my Win 7 workstation. It defaulted to File System= NTFS, Allocation unit size = 4096 bytes.
After reading about the WD advanced format issues, I want to make sure I used the correct format parameters. Should I reformat and choose 512 byte instead?
If it matters, the rest of the hardware is: mobo = Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, CPU = e8500, ram = 4 GB, pwr supply 550w Antec.
Thanks.