{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Cloud Kicker (critialcloudkicker)'s status on Thursday, 13-Nov-14 14:45:29 UTC","author_name":"Cloud Kicker (critialcloudkicker)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/critialcloudkicker","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3728435","html":"@broniebrown<\/span><\/a><\/span> Basically, there needs to be an MBR on the disk ( this is before partitions come into play ) which allocates maximum adressable storage space. the original technology is called MBR and supports up to 2 TB ( 232 X 512 bytes ). Then GUID partition tables ( GPT ) came along later and has some improvements over the old MBR, such as the ability to support up to 18 Exabytes in size and 128 partitions per disk ( compared to the old MBR format, that only could support 4 primary partitions ( or 3 primary, 1 extended, and unlimited logical ) ... Also there is a greater reliability because of... replication and redundancy check protection of the partition table... ... Which basically translates to "use it when needed, such as when you have a 2TB+ drive or need +4 logical partitions" in my head"}