ZFS raidz and 4k sector disks

[Alexey Tarasov]

Cool.
May be there is someone here who can implement this solution?

On 29.03.2010, at 11:36, Simun Mikecin wrote:

> I don't think they will ever come with a firmware update like that because WD has major operating systems (like Windows 7) covered.
> It could be solved by asking the drive what is the size of a sector (such ATA call exists: see http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/WhitePapers/ENG/2579-771430.pdf) and set the sector size of the device (/dev/[a]da*) as needed . That would be a permanent solution for ZFS, UFS, swap or any other consumer of this device.

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Alexey Tarasov

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