From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 20:02:31 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <0fa68c208a60a8dd0e07d1a14b652b16@chula.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: References: <1dc3dbdc0c9e0ecbc86047c58e0a2d33@hamnavoe.com> <6c0a6fdef3589e5cb13618f19d9ac9fc@chula.quanstro.net> <27cbf24b3414cf47835e99ecbbd97e6d@brasstown.quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [9fans] copying fossil filesystem to a bigger disk Topicbox-Message-UUID: 30660476-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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