On 06/09/11 15:43, shawn wilson wrote:

On Sep 6, 2011 12:12 AM, "Stan Hoeppner" <s...@hardwarefreak.com
<mailto:s...@hardwarefreak.com>> wrote:
 >

 > Only those who align their partitions correctly to avoid the dreaded
RMW problem, or those whose performance needs are so meager that they
don't realize they suffer the RMW problem.
 >

RMW? I'm not familiar with this term.

I haven't heard it called RMW before.... but I suspect Stan is referring to problems with the new, larger, drive sectors (which can slow systems if the partitions are not aligned properly:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7007193&sliceId=1

Of course, we 'could' just wait for Stan to clarify...

Cheers

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