On May 26, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Guenther Alka via illumos-discuss <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to add two links about > > "Exploring the Relationship between spare area and performance consistency in > modern SSDs" > http://www.anandtech.com/show/6489/playing-with-op > > and hdat2, a nice tool to manage host protected areas as an easy to use > option to Linux hdparm > http://www.hdat2.com/files/cookbook_v11.pdf > > ps > it seems there is no tool on Solarish to manage HPAs or spare areas. > (I have checked Solaris versions of sdparm and sg3_utils) See the man page for sg_sat_set_features Setting the max sector count is just a simple ATA command. The reason it isn't front-and-center in your searches is because this is a more difficult way to manage the problem than the other solutions you've been offered. Basically, faking out the OS is an idea for dumb OSes. -- richard -- [email protected] +1-760-896-4422 ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
