Outdated information on Windows &???

[ILikeToKnow]

I can not find a straight answer or receive a straight answer on the Windows 7 USB 3.0 external drive conundrum.
I want to use a single enclosure using a 6 TB drive to operate a personal family cloud. I am currently using a 3 TB drive which is filling up fast. I backup the first 3TB drive to another 3 TB, using an Anker 3.0 self powered HUB, at the same time with no problems
I am using a 7 year old ACER 3470G with AMD quad core 3620 with 16 gigs of ram.
I read and receive information recounting the claim that Windows 7 can not handle more 2 TB but my usage system proves that incorrect.
Sometimes when I am backing up my system, I ran an extra 2 TB external drive on the Anker. I download Public Domain information from Archive.org and there is no problem.
Where is all the current updated information pertaining to Windows 7 limit using external drives on a USB 3.0 port so I can spend the funds to purchase 2 separate enclosures each using a 6 TB drive to keep up with the demand of the family personal cloud??
Does anyone know the real facts???

 

[Emerald]

If I am not mistaken, the limitation is regarding the OS drive since Windows7 likes to initialize the OS drive as MBR.

The limitation does not effect the secondary drive or an external drive as long as those are configured as GPT.

The max drive size for MBR is 2TB.

I run a 8TB MyBook on my Win7 work system connected via USB.