From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: HBA Adaptor advice Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 13:54:58 +0800 Message-ID: <4DD9F6B2.4070708@fnarfbargle.com> References: <4DD50C89.8060006@wildgooses.com> <20110520020853.GC4759@bitfolk.com> <4DD61948.8050302@wildgooses.com> <4DD6409F.9070904@hardwarefreak.com> <4DD79F4E.7000509@wildgooses.com> <4DD8D1A7.1090803@hardwarefreak.com> <4DD8E0D3.1030905@fnarfbargle.com> <4DD9633E.5000101@hardwarefreak.com> <4DD99A16.5010108@fnarfbargle.com> <20110523100939.0c019ea2@natsu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20110523100939.0c019ea2@natsu> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Roman Mamedov Cc: Stan Hoeppner , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 23/05/11 12:09, Roman Mamedov wrote: > Personally so far I have been sucessful in avoiding the "Advanced Format" crap > that WD and others are pushing down customers' throats; I have none of such > drives. It *is* possible to make a non-AF 2TB drive, even a 3-platter one. And > this one in my opinion the ideal Green drive to buy today, which has the > advantages of being non-AF and at the same time still in production (maybe > not for too long, with WD buying Hitachi :-/ ): I think the term "Advanced Format" crap is a bit harsh. The reality is that for drives > 2TB it is simply inevitable that bigger sectors will be required. Most sane operating systems use cluster sizes of 4k or larger and have done for years, so I really don't see what all the fuss is about. Peoples inability to properly align the data on their disks can be read either as a failing in the technology (the partitioning applications have not caught up yet) or simply a lack of understanding on how to apply the technology. Don't blame the drive manufacturers, this should have happened _years_ ago.