[CentOS] 3TB non-system disk reports wrong size on Centos 6 x86_64

Jason Pyeron jpyeron at pdinc.us
Wed Apr 30 21:22:05 UTC 2014


hdparm reports 4096.... (reading
http://karelzak.blogspot.com/2010/05/4096-byte-sector-hard-drives.html)

Now I am really going nuts.

root at five-72 ~
# cat /sys/block/sdb/queue/physical_block_size
512

root at five-72 ~
# cat /sys/block/sdb/queue/logical_block_size
512

root at five-72 ~
# cat /sys/block/sdb/queue/optimal_io_size
0

root at five-72 ~
# uname -a
Linux five-72.internal.pdinc.us 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 25
19:59:55 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linuxroot at five-72 ~

root at five-72 ~
# hdparm -I /dev/sdb

/dev/sdb:

ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:       ST3000DM001-1CH166
        Serial Number:      W1F2TPQT
        Firmware Revision:  CC26
        Transport:          Serial, SATA Rev 3.0
Standards:
        Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029)
        Supported: 8 7 6 5
        Likely used: 8
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   16383
        heads           16      16
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
        LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455
        LBA48  user addressable sectors: 5860533168
        Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes
        Physical Sector size:                  4096 bytes
        Logical Sector-0 offset:                  0 bytes
        device size with M = 1024*1024:     2861588 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:     3000592 MBytes (3000 GB)
        cache/buffer size  = unknown
        Form Factor: 3.5 inch
        Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        Queue depth: 32
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = ?
        Advanced power management level: 128
        Recommended acoustic management value: 208, current value: 0
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
             Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    SMART feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           *    Power Management feature set
           *    Write cache
           *    Look-ahead
           *    Host Protected Area feature set
           *    WRITE_BUFFER command
           *    READ_BUFFER command
           *    DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
           *    Advanced Power Management feature set
                SET_MAX security extension
           *    48-bit Address feature set
           *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set
           *    Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
           *    FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
           *    SMART error logging
           *    SMART self-test
           *    General Purpose Logging feature set
           *    WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
           *    64-bit World wide name
                Write-Read-Verify feature set
           *    WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
           *    {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
           *    Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
           *    Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
           *    Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
           *    Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
           *    Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
           *    Phy event counters
           *    unknown 76[15]
                DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
                Device-initiated interface power management
           *    Software settings preservation
           *    SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
           *    SCT Write Same (AC2)
                unknown 206[7]
                unknown 206[12] (vendor specific)
                unknown 206[13] (vendor specific)
Security:
        Master password revision code = 65534
                supported
        not     enabled
        not     locked
        not     frozen
        not     expired: security count
                supported: enhanced erase
        318min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 318min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 5000c50061172c81
        NAA             : 5
        IEEE OUI        : 000c50
        Unique ID       : 061172c81
Checksum: correct

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Jason Pyeron
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 16:47
> To: 'CentOS mailing list'
> Subject: [CentOS] 3TB non-system disk reports wrong size on 
> Centos 6 x86_64
> 
> root at five-72 ~
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M count=1000
> 1000+0 records in
> 1000+0 records out
> 1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 8.67101 s, 121 MB/s
> 
> root at five-72 ~
> # parted /dev/sdb
> GNU Parted 2.1
> Using /dev/sdb
> Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
> (parted) mklabel gpt
> (parted) print
> Model: ATA ST3000DM001-1CH1 (scsi) -->
> http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/bar
> racuda-ds1737-1-11
> 11us.pdf
> Disk /dev/sdb: 2199GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: gpt
> 
> Number  Start  End  Size  File system  Name  Flags
> 
> (parted) q
> Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.
> 
> 
> root at five-72 ~
> # cat /sys/block/sdb/queue/physical_block_size
> 512
> 
> 
> But the drive says 4k sector size!
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> -Jason
> 
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