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From: Killian De Volder <killian.de.volder@megasoft.be>
To: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: block size question
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 16:14:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <573C78AE.8010108@megasoft.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <573C02B3.5010501@net.home>

PS you wish to use the real sector size of the SSD if applicaple according to make-bache -?
-w, --block		block size (hard sector size of SSD, often 2k

This also implies you should set the block-size of a backing device to 4K.

Killian De Volder


On 18-05-16 07:50, Vlad wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> What would be the optimal block size in case if physical block sizes
> different for cache and backing devices? Can I use different block sizes
> for cache and backing devices, like:
> make-bcache --block 4k -B /dev/sdc
> make-bcache --block 512 -C /dev/sda
> 
> I have a feeling that the block size should be the same and the biggest
> block size should be used, but I'd appreciate any thoughts about that.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Vlad.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-05-18 14:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-18  5:50 block size question Vlad
2016-05-18  7:11 ` Killian De Volder
2016-05-18 14:14 ` Killian De Volder [this message]
2016-05-18 15:46 ` Killian De Volder
2016-05-18 16:24   ` Vlad

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