> As for using Advanced Format disks with 4K sectors in ZFS pools, the > worst > case scenario would be that these disks can be used in a > backwards-compatible legacy 512 byte sector format but with slower r/w > performance. Also, Hitachi provide a Windows utility to re-align 4k > sectors on their drives although I'm not sure whether this would suit > OI/ZFS.
The Windows tool certainly does not work on OI. > Finally, it looks like OI has some support for 4k sector disks: > > http://wiki.openindiana.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4883847 > > and ZFS pools can be created with the 'zpool create block-size 4096 > ...' > option. The patch allowing this option was, for various reasons, rejected, and no such option currently exists. Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 98013356 [email protected] http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
