Re: Adding a smaller drive

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> writes:

>>>>>> "Leslie" == Leslie Rhorer <lrhorer@satx.rr.com> writes:
>
> Leslie> I may have to rethink my position on using raw drives.  If I
> Leslie> partition the drives, I can make the partition a bit smaller
> Leslie> than the whole drive, allowing for the addition of a future
> Leslie> drive whose size is a bit off.  I hate to waste space, but being
> Leslie> stuck with an undersized or limping array is worse.
>
> This is not nearly as big a problem as it used to be.  Drive
> manufacturers need to adhere to an IDEMA standard which requires them to
> use a specific LBA count for each capacity class.
>
> I.e. a 500GB Seagate drive must have exactly the same number of sectors
> as a 500GB Western Digital or Hitachi.
>
> The IDEMA LBA standard applies to 3.5" form factor drives over 160GB as
> well as 2.5" FF drives over 80 GB.

Is that realy exactly so many LBA sectors or at least as many?

I don't really see anything wrong with a 500G drive having a few more
sectors. And I know my Maxtor 200G disk is 3G bigger than Seagates.

MfG
        Goswin