Re: [zfs-discuss] 512b vs 4K sectors

2011-07-04 Thread Daniel Carosone
On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 01:11:09PM -0700, Richard Elling wrote: > Thomas, > > On Jul 4, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Thomas Nau wrote: > This is a roundabout way to do this, but it can be done without changing any > source :-) > With the Nexenta or Solaris iSCSI target, you can set the blocksize for a LUN.

Re: [zfs-discuss] 512b vs 4K sectors

2011-07-04 Thread Richard Elling
Thomas, On Jul 4, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Thomas Nau wrote: > Richard > > > On 07/04/2011 03:58 PM, Richard Elling wrote: >> On Jul 4, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Lanky Doodle wrote: >> >>> Hiya, >>> >>> I''ve been doing a lot of research surrounding this and ZFS, including some >>> posts on here, though I

Re: [zfs-discuss] 512b vs 4K sectors

2011-07-04 Thread Thomas Nau
Richard On 07/04/2011 03:58 PM, Richard Elling wrote: > On Jul 4, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Lanky Doodle wrote: > >> Hiya, >> >> I''ve been doing a lot of research surrounding this and ZFS, including some >> posts on here, though I am still left scratching my head. >> >> I am planning on using slow RPM

Re: [zfs-discuss] 512b vs 4K sectors

2011-07-04 Thread Andrew Gabriel
Richard Elling wrote: On Jul 4, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Lanky Doodle wrote: Hiya, I''ve been doing a lot of research surrounding this and ZFS, including some posts on here, though I am still left scratching my head. I am planning on using slow RPM drives for a home media server, and it's these

Re: [zfs-discuss] 512b vs 4K sectors

2011-07-04 Thread Richard Elling
On Jul 4, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Lanky Doodle wrote: > Hiya, > > I''ve been doing a lot of research surrounding this and ZFS, including some > posts on here, though I am still left scratching my head. > > I am planning on using slow RPM drives for a home media server, and it's > these that seem to

[zfs-discuss] 512b vs 4K sectors

2011-07-04 Thread Lanky Doodle
Hiya, I''ve been doing a lot of research surrounding this and ZFS, including some posts on here, though I am still left scratching my head. I am planning on using slow RPM drives for a home media server, and it's these that seem to 'suffer' from a few problems; Seagate Barracuda LP - Looks to