From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: GarBoge <garboge@shaw.ca>
Subject: filesystem on mdadm raid from unpartioned block devices
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:31:37 -0700
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A quick question that I haven't been able to find and answer for.

I have been using whole block devices (whole unpartitioned hard drives)
in various raid 1 and 5 setups using mdadm 3.1.4 with pretty mundane
options (default options such as striping and but using metadata 1.2).
Typically I use mkfs.ext4 with no options (default) to install the
filesystem.

Is there an issue with alignment on the newer 4096-byte drives. If so
what would be the proper approach?

I thank you for your time.

Ashley