Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-08 Thread Jim Klimov
2012-03-07 17:21, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of luis Johnstone As far as I can tell, the Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 (HDS723030ALA640) uses 512B sectors and so I presume does not suffer from such

Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-07 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
We're using Hitachi HDS723030ALA640 on this rather busy server, and they've been stable for about a year - I don't even think we've lost any yet (out of 22) roy - Opprinnelig melding - Greetings, Quick question: I am about to acquire some disks for use with ZFS (currently

Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-07 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of luis Johnstone I am about to acquire some disks for use with ZFS (currently using zfs-fuse v0.7.0). I'm aware of some 4k alignment issues with Western Digital advanced format disks. As far

Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-06 Thread Koopmann, Jan-Peter
Hi Brandon, On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:52 AM, luis Johnstone l...@luisjohnstone.commailto:l...@luisjohnstone.com wrote: As far as I can tell, the Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 (HDS723030ALA640) uses 512B sectors and so I presume does not suffer from such issues (because it doesn't lie about the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-06 Thread Will Murnane
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 05:40, Koopmann, Jan-Peter jan-pe...@koopmann.eu wrote: Hi Brandon, On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:52 AM, luis Johnstone l...@luisjohnstone.com wrote: As far as I can tell, the Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 (HDS723030ALA640) uses 512B sectors and so I presume does not suffer

Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-06 Thread Brandon High
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Koopmann, Jan-Peter jan-pe...@koopmann.eu wrote: Do you or anyone else have experience with the 3TB 5K3000 drives (namely HDS5C3030ALA630)? I am thinking of replacing my current 4*1TB drives with 4*3TB drives (home server). Any issues with TER or alike? I have

Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-06 Thread Jordan McQuown
of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Koopmann, Jan-Peter jan- pe...@koopmann.eu wrote: Do you or anyone else have experience with the 3TB 5K3000 drives (namely HDS5C3030ALA630)? I am thinking of replacing my current 4*1TB drives with 4*3TB

Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-06 Thread Lou Picciano
- Original Message - From: Jordan McQuown j...@larsondesigngroup.com To: Jan-Peter Koopmann jan-pe...@koopmann.eu Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:36:54 PM Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

[zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-05 Thread luis Johnstone
Greetings, Quick question: I am about to acquire some disks for use with ZFS (currently using zfs-fuse v0.7.0). I'm aware of some 4k alignment issues with Western Digital advanced format disks. As far as I can tell, the Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 (HDS723030ALA640) uses 512B sectors and so I presume

Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-05 Thread Volker A. Brandt
Deskstar 7K3000 (HDS723030ALA640) We are using these disks. They work fine with ZFS. Regards -- Volker -- Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Oracle Solaris Brandt Brandt Computer GmbH

Re: [zfs-discuss] Compatibility of Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 with ZFS

2012-03-05 Thread Brandon High
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:52 AM, luis Johnstone l...@luisjohnstone.com wrote: As far as I can tell, the Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 (HDS723030ALA640) uses 512B sectors and so I presume does not suffer from such issues (because it doesn't lie about the physical layout of sectors on-platter) Both the