On 2/27/2015 12:53 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > Still have good quality older sata hardware raid cards that require 512 > bytes/sector. As far as I know HD manufacturers are not making native 512 > bytes/sector drives any more. > > Some have better 512e emulation than others. Looking for some advice on > which to avoid and which are recommended. Thanks. PS this is for a CentOS6 > server. any of the 'enterprise' nearline storage or NAS drives should be fine. I wouldn't use anything else in a RAID setup. Seagate NS series, for instance, or WD Red or Re, etc. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast