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Grant writes: |
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> Just to confirm, starting at block 2048 is OK? |
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Yes, if it's divisible by 8, it's okay. That's because 512 * 8 = 4096, so |
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every 8th 512-byte block starts on a 4096 block boundary. |
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Now I have a related question: My new seagate Barracuda |
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Green 2TB ST2000DL003-9VT166 drive has 4096 bytes per sector, but uses |
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something that is called SmartAlign(TM) [*]. Seagate says that there are |
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no performance impacts even when the partitions are misaligned. This |
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would be good, because I completely forgot about this when creating |
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partitions, and I would like to keep it as it is now. Has anyone heard |
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about this? Can I trust Seagate that what they say is correct? |
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[*] www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/de.../mb6101_smartalign_technology_faq.pdf |
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Wonko |
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