[pve-devel] 4k native drives

Dietmar Maurer dietmar at proxmox.com
Fri Nov 16 10:16:12 CET 2012


OK, just got a brand new drive:

Model: ATA ST3000DM001-9YN1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 3001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B

So all those drives use 512e.

Seems there I simply no 4Kn drive out there .

> > > I have found an post here:
> > >
> > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.solaris.opensolaris.zfs/49253
> > >
> > > seagate 7200.14 seem to expose true 4K.
> >
> > But the specs does not even mention the sector size :-/
> >
> > They just mention 'SmartAlign', which is 512e?
> 
> Ignore me, just found it in the specs - those are real 4Kn drives!
> 
> I will try to get one.




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