Ron Mexico <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have 24 identical Western Digital drives connected to a Dell SAS 5/E HBA.

>
> I know this isn't going to be an issue when creating a raidz pool, but if I 
> have to replace a failed disk with one that has one less accessible sector, 
> won't that cause problems?


Since ~ 20 years, the disk size is not a constant. It may vary
from the firmware, from the defaults in the firmware and from the  
numer of defects on the actual media.

Companies usually also like to keep the opporttunity to change the vendor
when delivering to customers.
For this reason, it is comman to manually create a disk label that installs
a usable part that is not bigger than the smalles possible disk you like to use.

Jörg

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