The blocksize should be equal or bigger then the blocking device. Otherwise you risk writing multiple blocks 512 for 1 1k sector, resulting in read-modify-write transaction on 4k disks. But for some reason I didn't do this on my desktop. (I might need to reformat if i'm right about this :( ) Killian De Volder On 18-05-16 07:50, Vlad wrote: > Hallo, > > What would be the optimal block size in case if physical block sizes > different for cache and backing devices? Can I use different block sizes > for cache and backing devices, like: > make-bcache --block 4k -B /dev/sdc > make-bcache --block 512 -C /dev/sda > > I have a feeling that the block size should be the same and the biggest > block size should be used, but I'd appreciate any thoughts about that. > > Thanks in advance, > Vlad. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bcache" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bcache" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
