Fabian Keil wrote: > Zeus Panchenko <[email protected]> wrote: > > geli init -K /path/key -s 4096 -e aes-xts /dev/adaX > > Does your disk actually use 4k sectors? Otherwise it's not clear > to me that "-s 4096" makes sense when using ZFS. > > I'm not claiming that it's obviously wrong, but I'm not aware of > any benchmarks that show that it's better than the default in > any way.
It is my understanding that creating a 4K setup will prepare you for the day when your replacement drive is a 4K one. No benefit today, but also no real performance hit. And we avoid a real performance hit later. If I am mistaken, then I wold love to hear about it. Regards, Flemming -- Flemming Jacobsen Email: [email protected] "I don't need The Media to tell me that I should be outraged about a brutal murder. All I need is to be informed that it has happened, and I'll form my own opinion about it." -- The_Morlock (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=00%2F02%2F21%2F1125208) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-geom To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
