Hadn't seen this discussed yet (not really a big hardware geek), and
just saw an article about this today. Are we (linux as a whole) ready
for this or getting ready, or already using it? And If we bought a new
hd, via sata in my case within past year or newer computer in past year,
are we using the new 4kb sectors now or just able to handle it?
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03-10-2010, 08:30 PM
Felix Miata
Hard drive spec change
On 2010/03/10 15:22 (GMT-0600) Mike Chambers composed:
> Hadn't seen this discussed yet (not really a big hardware geek), and
> just saw an article about this today. Are we (linux as a whole) ready
> for this or getting ready, or already using it?
The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only
spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide
mailing list.
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03-10-2010, 08:38 PM
Tomasz Torcz
Hard drive spec change
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 03:22:13PM -0600, Mike Chambers wrote:
> Hadn't seen this discussed yet (not really a big hardware geek), and
> just saw an article about this today. Are we (linux as a whole) ready
> for this or getting ready, or already using it? And If we bought a new
> hd, via sata in my case within past year or newer computer in past year,
> are we using the new 4kb sectors now or just able to handle it?
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361156,00.asp
It got some discussion when first 4KiB drives shipped to customers
last year. Also, LWN has excellent (as usual) writeup on the matter:
http://lwn.net/Articles/377895/ . If you need access to this article,
please drop me an email.
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03-10-2010, 08:57 PM
Eric Sandeen
Hard drive spec change
Mike Chambers wrote:
> Hadn't seen this discussed yet (not really a big hardware geek), and
> just saw an article about this today. Are we (linux as a whole) ready
> for this or getting ready, or already using it? And If we bought a new
> hd, via sata in my case within past year or newer computer in past year,
> are we using the new 4kb sectors now or just able to handle it?
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361156,00.asp
There has been a lot of work upstream on 4k sector support, and in general
yes, we are ready.
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03-10-2010, 09:06 PM
Peter Jones
Hard drive spec change
On 03/10/2010 04:22 PM, Mike Chambers wrote:
> Hadn't seen this discussed yet (not really a big hardware geek), and
> just saw an article about this today. Are we (linux as a whole) ready
> for this or getting ready, or already using it? And If we bought a new
> hd, via sata in my case within past year or newer computer in past year,
> are we using the new 4kb sectors now or just able to handle it?
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361156,00.asp
>
We've been working on install and boot support for this for a while now.
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03-10-2010, 09:09 PM
Ric Wheeler
Hard drive spec change
On 03/10/2010 04:30 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2010/03/10 15:22 (GMT-0600) Mike Chambers composed:
>
>
>> Hadn't seen this discussed yet (not really a big hardware geek), and
>> just saw an article about this today. Are we (linux as a whole) ready
>> for this or getting ready, or already using it?
>>
>
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361156,00.asp
>>
> The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only
> spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide
> mailing list.
>
Users do benefit as well - more capacity per platter specifically is one
obvious win.
ric
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03-10-2010, 09:28 PM
Felix Miata
Hard drive spec change
On 2010/03/10 17:09 (GMT-0500) Ric Wheeler composed:
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only
>> spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide
>> mailing list.
> Users do benefit as well - more capacity per platter specifically is one
> obvious win.
Some users, yes, those with unfathomable storage capacity requirements,
saving every byte ever encountered without regard for its utility. For those
with more common needs, the compatibility cost outweighs the purported
benefits. Most users don't even need 1/10 of .2TiB, much less the 2TiB at
which larger than 512 byte sectors might start looking sane in cost/benefit
analysis.
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03-10-2010, 09:35 PM
Eric Sandeen
Hard drive spec change
Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2010/03/10 17:09 (GMT-0500) Ric Wheeler composed:
>
>> Felix Miata wrote:
>
>>> The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only
>>> spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide
>>> mailing list.
>
>> Users do benefit as well - more capacity per platter specifically is one
>> obvious win.
>
> Some users, yes, those with unfathomable storage capacity requirements,
> saving every byte ever encountered without regard for its utility. For those
> with more common needs, the compatibility cost outweighs the purported
> benefits. Most users don't even need 1/10 of .2TiB, much less the 2TiB at
> which larger than 512 byte sectors might start looking sane in cost/benefit
> analysis.
And yet they snap up said drives at under $200 a pop....
I'm not sure this a fight you will win.
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03-10-2010, 09:36 PM
Adam Jackson
Hard drive spec change
On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 17:28 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2010/03/10 17:09 (GMT-0500) Ric Wheeler composed:
>
> > Felix Miata wrote:
>
> >> The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only
> >> spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide
> >> mailing list.
>
> > Users do benefit as well - more capacity per platter specifically is one
> > obvious win.
>
> Some users, yes, those with unfathomable storage capacity requirements,
> saving every byte ever encountered without regard for its utility. For those
> with more common needs, the compatibility cost outweighs the purported
> benefits. Most users don't even need 1/10 of .2TiB, much less the 2TiB at
> which larger than 512 byte sectors might start looking sane in cost/benefit
> analysis.
Spoken like someone who has never used usenet.
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03-10-2010, 09:38 PM
Peter Jones
Hard drive spec change
On 03/10/2010 05:28 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2010/03/10 17:09 (GMT-0500) Ric Wheeler composed:
>
>> Felix Miata wrote:
>
>>> The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only
>>> spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide
>>> mailing list.
>
>> Users do benefit as well - more capacity per platter specifically is one
>> obvious win.
>
> Some users, yes, those with unfathomable storage capacity requirements,
> saving every byte ever encountered without regard for its utility. For those
> with more common needs, the compatibility cost outweighs the purported
> benefits. Most users don't even need 1/10 of .2TiB, much less the 2TiB at
> which larger than 512 byte sectors might start looking sane in cost/benefit
> analysis.
Note also that the access time will be slightly faster.
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