Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:12:58
Message-Id: 1265759566.3193.43.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far by "J. Roeleveld"
1 On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 20:37 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote:
2
3 > Don't get me started on those ;)
4 > The reason I use Linux Software Raid is because:
5 > 1) I can't afford hardware raid adapters
6 > 2) It's generally faster then hardware fakeraid
7
8 I'm starting to stray OT here, but I'm considering a second-hand Adaptec
9 2420SA - this is real hardware raid right?
10
11 If I'm buying drives in the 1Tb size - does this 4k issue affect
12 hardware RAID and how do you get around it? (Never set up a HW RAID
13 card before)
14
15 thanks,
16 --
17 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
18
19 You know you're using the computer too much when:
20 you count from zero all the time.
21 -- Stormy Eyes

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Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far Neil Walker <neil@×××××××.nu>