From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 3 16:14:00 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9878A106566C for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:14:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca) Received: from eccles.ee.ryerson.ca (eccles.ee.ryerson.ca [141.117.1.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 569BD8FC0A for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:13:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from webmail.ee.ryerson.ca (eccles [172.16.1.2]) by eccles.ee.ryerson.ca (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q13GDtet035123; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:13:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca) Received: from 206.108.127.2 (SquirrelMail authenticated user dmagda) by webmail.ee.ryerson.ca with HTTP; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:13:55 -0500 Message-ID: <13f13562be5cec2df7eba0010e8e7a3c.squirrel@webmail.ee.ryerson.ca> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:13:55 -0500 From: "David Magda" To: "Pete French" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, debeuk@gmail.com Subject: Re: Sector size of a zvol X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:00 -0000 On Fri, February 3, 2012 11:05, Pete French wrote: >> You can use the method described here to create a zvol with 4k sector >> size: >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-fs/2010-December/010350.html > > I saw that, but it describes setting up a zpool, not a zvol - or are > you saying that a zvol created on such a zpool will have 4k sectors ? > Unfortunately I am not at liberty to recreate the pool on the server, > so I cant try it, but thanks for the tip... No, I think it's just that few folks work with/ask about zvols that most people's brains short-circuit and go straight to thinking about only zpools and datasets--regardless of the text of the subject line. :)