Thanks for the quick reply. I thank you for the great mdadm software. Ashley On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 13:00 +1100, NeilBrown wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:31:37 -0700 GarBoge <garboge@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > A quick question that I haven't been able to find and answer for. > > > > I have been using whole block devices (whole unpartitioned hard drives) > > in various raid 1 and 5 setups using mdadm 3.1.4 with pretty mundane > > options (default options such as striping and but using metadata 1.2). > > Typically I use mkfs.ext4 with no options (default) to install the > > filesystem. > > > > Is there an issue with alignment on the newer 4096-byte drives. If so > > what would be the proper approach? > > No, no issue. > > NeilBrown > > > > > > I thank you for your time. > > > > Ashley > -- 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
