[OpenIndiana-discuss] 3TB disks for tank zpool? Can only use 2 TB.

[Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk]

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> On Tue, Mar 22 at 18:34, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> > I just finished replacing 7x3+1(spare) 2TB drives with Hitachi 3TB
> > ones, and it works like a dream. Also, Hitachi 3TB drives have 512
> > byte sector size, only a larger LBA (don't remember how many bits).
> 
> What does this mean? Typically an LBA (logical block address) is a
> sector. Are you saying they use a (512B+ECC overhead) codeword on the
> media for their error correction, and if so, how do you know?

I was thinking about the LBA length, but I must have messed up, since LBA48, which is the current, should be able to address some 128PiB on a drive, so it should be somewhat sufficient for some years :P

Vennlige hilsener / Best regards

roy
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