Re: Disk layout: OpenBSD OT

2013-03-03 Thread Alexander Hall
On 03/03/13 00:04, Shoufu Luo wrote: usually, the inner tracks are fast, as I know Since the RPM is constant and they can fit more data can on the outer, longer, tracks, I believe you are wrong. Not that it matters, since we don't know which ones we're served. /Alexander -Shoufu Live,

Re: Disk layout: OpenBSD OT

2013-03-03 Thread Michał Markowski
2013/3/2 Friedrich Locke friedrich.lo...@gmail.com: just wonder in a typical hard drive nowadays (SATA/SAS), the sector 0 is in the inner or outter track ? Which tracks are faster: the inner ones or the outter ? First track is outer-most, hence faster linear transfer rates at beginning of

Disk layout: OpenBSD OT

2013-03-02 Thread Friedrich Locke
Hi folks, just wonder in a typical hard drive nowadays (SATA/SAS), the sector 0 is in the inner or outter track ? Which tracks are faster: the inner ones or the outter ? Thanks in advance.

Re: Disk layout: OpenBSD OT

2013-03-02 Thread Miod Vallat
just wonder in a typical hard drive nowadays (SATA/SAS), the sector 0 is in the inner or outter track ? Which tracks are faster: the inner ones or the outter ? Only the manufacturer knows. Disks have been reporting fake geometries since more than 20 years. The electronic on the disk will do

Re: Disk layout: OpenBSD OT

2013-03-02 Thread Matthias Appel
Am 02.03.2013 20:59, schrieb Miod Vallat: just wonder in a typical hard drive nowadays (SATA/SAS), the sector 0 is in the inner or outter track ? Which tracks are faster: the inner ones or the outter ? Only the manufacturer knows. Disks have been reporting fake geometries since more than 20

Re: Disk layout: OpenBSD OT

2013-03-02 Thread Shoufu Luo
usually, the inner tracks are fast, as I know -Shoufu Live, Love, Laugh On Mar 2, 2013, at 14:55, Friedrich Locke friedrich.lo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, just wonder in a typical hard drive nowadays (SATA/SAS), the sector 0 is in the inner or outter track ? Which tracks are faster:

Re: Disk layout: OpenBSD OT

2013-03-02 Thread Kenneth R Westerback
On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 10:04:50PM +0100, Matthias Appel wrote: Am 02.03.2013 20:59, schrieb Miod Vallat: just wonder in a typical hard drive nowadays (SATA/SAS), the sector 0 is in the inner or outter track ? Which tracks are faster: the inner ones or the outter ? Only the manufacturer