From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] copying fossil filesystem to a bigger disk
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 20:02:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0fa68c208a60a8dd0e07d1a14b652b16@chula.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEaiYYxsUzf70Ffhd3hzsBZcMb5=2yhfSCv5-nJ+_27wYbJKig@mail.gmail.c>
On Mon Oct 3 19:08:49 EDT 2011, slash.9fans@gmail.com wrote:
> > the way to interpret this information is you may use 512
> > byte sectors if you really want to suffer terrible performance
> > (usually 1/3 the normal performance for reasonablly random
> > workloads.)
>
> That doesn't sound tempting at all. I am still within Amazon's return
> window. Can anyone recommend a 2 TB SATA drive that works on our
> favorite operating system out of the box at full speed? If it's quiet
> and cheap, all the better.
>
> > let me think a bit about the correct solutions to this. it's clear
> > to me that we just can't assume 512-byte sectors any more.
>
> I knew Plan 9 is picky about hardware, but a hard disk? *sigh*
xp won't use it correctly either. in fact, if you're using a standard
fdisk layout, chances are things are a little sideways on nearly any
os.
in any event, if i were buying a 2t hard drive today, i'd get
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136365
since i'm paranoid about hard drives and only get enterprise ones.
if you're not, then (most) anything with 512-byte sectors should be no
troubles. the easiest way to check is to do some math. multiply
the number of sectors (that's always on the datasheet) by the
512, and see if that equals the claimed capacity.
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-04 0:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-24 0:20 slash
2011-09-24 8:07 ` David du Colombier
2011-09-24 8:34 ` Steve Simon
2011-09-29 23:54 ` slash
2011-09-30 8:31 ` Richard Miller
2011-09-30 8:54 ` Richard Miller
2011-09-30 9:44 ` Charles Forsyth
2011-09-30 14:06 ` erik quanstrom
2011-09-30 14:16 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-09-30 14:00 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-01 10:36 ` slash
[not found] ` <CAEaiYYzXCfB2KbnDzBHTXytrfQqGUCepRg5Aj-c14ZoEz5hHaw@mail.gmail.c>
2011-10-01 13:51 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-01 15:27 ` slash
2011-10-01 16:14 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-01 16:23 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 11:28 ` Richard Miller
2011-10-04 11:52 ` Charles Forsyth
2011-10-04 12:01 ` Richard Miller
2011-10-04 12:05 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 12:09 ` Charles Forsyth
2011-10-04 12:13 ` Charles Forsyth
2011-10-04 12:19 ` dexen deVries
2011-10-04 12:27 ` Richard Miller
[not found] ` <CAOw7k5i3i+w_=pUuFjUCnxH1Tp5U0vh3v7wFUoBddfML9xG+ag@mail.gmail.c>
2011-10-04 12:17 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 12:30 ` Charles Forsyth
[not found] ` <CAOw7k5hGWG16a5fTjtXBEBd2-gt=XnhjEJKFNjdPrB46_6=dBg@mail.gmail.c>
2011-10-04 12:34 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 12:05 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 12:15 ` Richard Miller
2011-10-04 12:17 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 12:17 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 12:33 ` Richard Miller
2011-10-04 12:52 ` dexen deVries
2011-10-04 13:05 ` dexen deVries
2011-10-04 14:13 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 15:56 ` Richard Miller
2011-10-04 16:00 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 16:42 ` Richard Miller
2011-10-04 16:45 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 17:52 ` Charles Forsyth
2011-10-04 18:05 ` dexen deVries
2011-10-04 18:24 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-04 18:29 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-03 23:07 ` slash
2011-10-06 7:35 ` Peter A. Cejchan
2011-10-07 10:49 ` slash
2011-10-07 11:15 ` Peter A. Cejchan
2011-10-07 13:03 ` Steve Simon
2011-10-10 10:32 ` Peter A. Cejchan
[not found] ` <CAEaiYYya5eq3CoVbbZGqPf91_kMEcbkCQ_8WEL4yakFdenek5g@mail.gmail.c>
2011-10-07 13:17 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-10 2:32 ` slash
[not found] ` <CAEaiYYy36ydHfw=Tg2YC9x9gEW7=MAHF2C6-UVbgr36G-qv=rA@mail.gmail.c>
2011-10-10 3:11 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-10 10:15 ` slash
[not found] ` <d0c02b8a1e36c9329902a1183192d732@chula.quanstro.>
[not found] ` <CAEaiYYxoHLgMZddGZ4gCPvW-GuqwRYzytXgfezoi+vjUgxx9tg@mail.gmail.c>
2011-10-10 13:17 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-11 8:51 ` slash
2011-10-11 8:55 ` slash
2011-10-11 15:01 ` slash
2011-10-11 15:36 ` David du Colombier
2011-10-12 19:24 ` slash
2011-10-13 7:07 ` Peter A. Cejchan
[not found] ` <CAEaiYYxsUzf70Ffhd3hzsBZcMb5=2yhfSCv5-nJ+_27wYbJKig@mail.gmail.c>
2011-10-03 23:10 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-04 0:02 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2011-10-04 7:58 ` dexen deVries
2011-10-04 9:52 ` Richard Miller
2011-10-04 9:34 ` Richard Miller
2011-10-07 7:47 ` [9fans] io patterns erik quanstrom
2011-09-24 8:30 ` [9fans] copying fossil filesystem to a bigger disk Steve Simon
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