>>>>> "Leslie" == Leslie Rhorer <lrhorer@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Leslie> I may have to rethink my position on using raw drives. If I Leslie> partition the drives, I can make the partition a bit smaller Leslie> than the whole drive, allowing for the addition of a future Leslie> drive whose size is a bit off. I hate to waste space, but being Leslie> stuck with an undersized or limping array is worse. This is not nearly as big a problem as it used to be. Drive manufacturers need to adhere to an IDEMA standard which requires them to use a specific LBA count for each capacity class. I.e. a 500GB Seagate drive must have exactly the same number of sectors as a 500GB Western Digital or Hitachi. The IDEMA LBA standard applies to 3.5" form factor drives over 160GB as well as 2.5" FF drives over 80 GB. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
