What would setting it vertically do? You are talking about centifugal forces here. Forces acting away from the centre of the spinning mass. set it on a 45deg angle if you like, it is still going to go away from centre.
> Why not define say a max size of 999TB or something. Maybe I am an idiot but why the arbitrary limitations?
If they limit the size, don't you need to buy a new mainboard so you get a new BIOS? Unless you are smart enough to know about Dyanmic Driver Overlay by Seagate. I just put a 28.5Gb Barracuda into a Gateway that could only support 8Gb. For a small processing overhead, you get to put whatever size drive you want, wherever you can fit it.
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What would setting it vertically do? You are talking about centifugal forces here. Forces acting away from the centre of the spinning mass. set it on a 45deg angle if you like, it is still going to go away from centre.
> Why not define say a max size of 999TB or something. Maybe I am an idiot but why the arbitrary limitations?
If they limit the size, don't you need to buy a new mainboard so you get a new BIOS? Unless you are smart enough to know about Dyanmic Driver Overlay by Seagate. I just put a 28.5Gb Barracuda into a Gateway that could only support 8Gb. For a small processing overhead, you get to put whatever size drive you want, wherever you can fit it.