> >>>>> "Mikael" == Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Mikael> The 2TB WD GP drives have less sectors than their 2x their 1TB > Mikael> drives. > > That's how it's supposed to be. You mean that's how IDEMA specs read. Unless there is some legal agreement signed by the drive manufacturer (or whomever) requiring adherence to a certain spec, they can do just about anything they want. Compliance with a published spec is great, but unless some licensing agreement is in place, it isn't enforceable. > Mikael> The 2TB ones adhere to the IDEMA standard (per your other > Mikael> email), but the 1TB ones do not. (2TB ones have 3907029168 > Mikael> sectors, the 1TB ones have 1953103872). > > That, on the other hand, is pretty weird. Call the capacity police! That's pretty much the point. Not adhering to IDEMA specs is not illegal. -- 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
