- 1. 4k drives: benefits and models? (score: 1)
- Author: Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex+lists-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:21:41 +0200
- Hi, I've been reading the "4k drive" thread with interest and I have a few questions: - what are the benefits of these new drives? Speed, temperature, reliability? - what specific HD models are truel
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- 2. Re: 4k drives: benefits and models? (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Monnerie <michael.monnerie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:05:02 +0200
- ATM we are in a transition phase - there are first drives available, and it will take some time until every hardware and software piece is fully able to support 4K sectors. Probably all hard disk ma
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- 3. Re: 4k drives: benefits and models? (score: 1)
- Author: pg_xf2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Grandi)
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:35:39 +0100
- It is purely higher density. A longer physical sector means less percentage of the disk is "wasted" on metadata. This benefits the manufacturer mostly, so they can claim more capacity with less cost
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- 4. Re: 4k drives: benefits and models? (score: 1)
- Author: Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:07:08 +0200
- Le Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:35:39 +0100 pg_xf2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Grandi) écrivait: It isn't actually that simple. By keeping the same metadata ratio, the largest correctable error goes up from 10
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