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Date:      Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:20:07 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Ilya Bakulin <webmaster@kibab.com>
Cc:        geom@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Support for WD Advanced Format disks
Message-ID:  <86lj7n2cug.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20100831150148.494d72b6@kibab-work.smstraffic.ru> (Ilya Bakulin's message of "Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:01:48 %2B0400")
References:  <86wrry1hwv.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100828130912.48205a47@kibab.com> <20100828195024.3d671a76@kibab.com> <20100828204415.6875b4ec@kibab.com> <86bp8kjr7i.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100830155638.710f8871@kibab-work.smstraffic.ru> <86eidgi7cn.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100831150148.494d72b6@kibab-work.smstraffic.ru>

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Ilya Bakulin <webmaster@kibab.com> writes:
> May you suggest any other tests?

What other tests?  The disks suck, how are more tests going to improve
the situation?

> Or let's live with sucking WD Green and look for other 4096K-sector
> models from other manufacturers?

I see no reason why sector size should be a selection criterium.  Just
buy the disk that gives you the best performance and / or capacity for
your money.  WD Green disks are cheap, but other vendors offer models
with the same capacity and twice the speed for only 5% or 10% more.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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