From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NhAlS-0002Um-GT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:54:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E8646E08C4; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:53:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.askja.de (mail.askja.de [83.137.103.136]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B257AE08C4 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:53:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from static-87-79-89-40.netcologne.de ([87.79.89.40] helo=zone.wonkology.org) by mail.askja.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NhAl2-00017v-Vb for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:53:41 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by zone.wonkology.org with local; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:53:38 +0100 id 00011B87.4B79DE82.00003FFA From: Alex Schuster To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:53:27 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.0 (Linux/2.6.31-tuxonice_k8; KDE/4.4.0; i686; ; ) References: <5bdc1c8b1002070827i14f59047k39a695900ebe9889@mail.gmail.com> <20100215011740.GA27687@math.princeton.edu> <201002151903.23114.Warp_7@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <201002151903.23114.Warp_7@gmx.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <201002160053.32109.wonko@wonkology.org> X-Archives-Salt: 5282cb29-8249-4785-97a3-73f0dff19366 X-Archives-Hash: 291a9efe4b9daf8154708d662feaee0b =46rank Steinmetzger writes: > Am Montag, 15. Februar 2010 schrieb Willie Wong: > > Instead of guessing using this rather imprecise metric, why not just > > look up the serial number of your drive and see what the physical > > sector size is? >=20 > Well, at differences of 50%, precision is of no relevance anymore. > Also, I already did look it up and it didn=E2=80=99t turn up any conclusi= ve > results. Just search hits from fdisk output of people who are > partitioning the drive. So the only thing I can think of yet is to > call Samsung=E2=80=99s expensive hotline. Hm... oh well, perhaps I could = write > an e-mail, because I=E2=80=99m too niggard and phonophobe to make a call.= ^^ No need for either, just look up the drive on Samsung's homepage [*]. It's= =20 512 bytes/sector, you should be fine. Wonko [*]http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/productmodel.do?group=3D72&ty= pe=3D94&subtype=3D99&model_cd=3D446