Re: RAID partition starting sector (... 63?)

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On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Kristleifur Daðason wrote:

Starting on sector 64 feels conceptually "prettier" than Sector 63,
but I can't picture the case where it behaves any different. Except

If you have WD20EARS drives with 4k sectors on-disk you'll get ~1/3 performance if you start on sector 63 instead of an even 4k boundary.

Always go for even 4k boundary.

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