[CentOS] OT: AF 4k sector drives with 512 emulation

[John R Pierce]

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.



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