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Date:      Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:59:27 +0100
From:      Aled Morris <aledm@qix.co.uk>
To:        Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZFS installs on HD with 4k physical blocks without any warning as on 512 block size device
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On 23 August 2011 10:52, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote:

>
> I agree but there are at least two things going for making the increase
> anyway:
>
> 1) 2 TB drives cost $80
> 2) Where the space is really important, the person in charge usually knows
> it and can choose a non-default size like 512b fragments.
>
>
>
helpers like sysinstall should help with choosing the smaller blocks for
smaller drives (especially SSD)

Aled



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