Support for WD Advanced Format disks

[Andresen, Jason R.]

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav:
>
>Ilya Bakulin <webmaster at kibab.com> writes:
>> May you suggest any other tests?
>
>What other tests?  The disks suck, how are more tests going to improve
>the situation?
>
>> Or let's live with sucking WD Green and look for other 4096K-sector
>> models from other manufacturers?
>
>I see no reason why sector size should be a selection criterium.  Just
>buy the disk that gives you the best performance and / or capacity for
>your money.  WD Green disks are cheap, but other vendors offer models
>with the same capacity and twice the speed for only 5% or 10% more.

Heck, Western Digital themselves offer faster drives that are only a few dollars more.  The Green drives are built for low noise/power/heat, not for speed.