[CentOS] raid resync speed? - laptop drive-

Les Mikesell wrote:
> But it is just a match for the Seagate drives with the default layout 
> using one partition that fills the disk.  If I have to skip some amount 
> at the start of the partition I think that will make the partition size 
> not match, making it impossible to add as a raid member.
>   

750GB drives can vary quite a bit in size +/- depending on the exact 
model.   The required trim is 0-3.5K, and its due to the MBR on the 
first "track" of the drive before the first/primary partition starts.