Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:13:55 -0500 From: "David Magda" <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> To: "Pete French" <petefrench@ingresso.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, debeuk@gmail.com Subject: Re: Sector size of a zvol Message-ID: <13f13562be5cec2df7eba0010e8e7a3c.squirrel@webmail.ee.ryerson.ca> In-Reply-To: <E1RtLdU-0000kI-Bm@dilbert.ingresso.co.uk> References: <E1RtLdU-0000kI-Bm@dilbert.ingresso.co.uk>
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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. :)
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