On 23/05/11 12:09, Roman Mamedov wrote:
Personally so far I have been sucessful in avoiding the "Advanced Format" crap
that WD and others are pushing down customers' throats; I have none of such
drives. It *is* possible to make a non-AF 2TB drive, even a 3-platter one. And
this one in my opinion the ideal Green drive to buy today, which has the
advantages of being non-AF and at the same time still in production (maybe
not for too long, with WD buying Hitachi :-/ ):
I think the term "Advanced Format" crap is a bit harsh.
The reality is that for drives > 2TB it is simply inevitable that bigger
sectors will be required.
Most sane operating systems use cluster sizes of 4k or larger and have
done for years, so I really don't see what all the fuss is about.
Peoples inability to properly align the data on their disks can be read
either as a failing in the technology (the partitioning applications
have not caught up yet) or simply a lack of understanding on how to
apply the technology.
Don't blame the drive manufacturers, this should have happened _years_ ago.
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