----- Original Message ----- > On Tue, Mar 22 at 18:34, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > > I just finished replacing 7x3+1(spare) 2TB drives with Hitachi 3TB > > ones, and it works like a dream. Also, Hitachi 3TB drives have 512 > > byte sector size, only a larger LBA (don't remember how many bits). > > What does this mean? Typically an LBA (logical block address) is a > sector. Are you saying they use a (512B+ECC overhead) codeword on the > media for their error correction, and if so, how do you know?
I was thinking about the LBA length, but I must have messed up, since LBA48, which is the current, should be able to address some 128PiB on a drive, so it should be somewhat sufficient for some years :P Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 97542685 r...@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
