Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 19:18:16 -0600 From: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> To: joe mcguckin <joe@via.net> Cc: freebsd-fs <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 512e/4kn drive formatting Message-ID: <CAOtMX2jJs3zY581B60rGTOBeGJsWDQ679-FfORp=wWJbnnr5jw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3B80A623-7497-429E-A894-B9A39E5FD50E@via.net> References: <3B80A623-7497-429E-A894-B9A39E5FD50E@via.net>
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Nope. But why would you need to? Most file systems understand physical block size and will do the right thing. You can even force ZFS to treat all disks as having 4k sectors by setting vfs.zfs.min_auto_ashift=3D12. -Alan On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 5:53 PM joe mcguckin <joe@via.net> wrote: > I notice most drive vendors supply 512e and 4Kn format drives. Is it > possible to buy a 512e drive and use is as a 4kn drive > or possibly reformat to 4kn? I=E2=80=99m specifically looking at the Se= agate > Exos drives... > > Thanks, > > Joe > > Joe McGuckin > ViaNet Communications > > joe@via.net > 650-207-0372 cell > 650-213-1302 office > 650-969-2124 fax > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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