Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Lsf-pc] [LSF/MM TOPIC] really large storage sectors - going beyond 4096 bytes | From | "Martin K. Petersen" <> | Date | Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:47:12 -0500 |
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>>>>> "Ric" == Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@redhat.com> writes:
Ric> I will have to see if I can get a storage vendor to make a public Ric> statement, but there are vendors hoping to see this land in Linux Ric> in the next few years. I assume that anyone with a shipping device Ric> will have to at least emulate the 4KB sector size for years to Ric> come, but that there might be a significant performance win for Ric> platforms that can do a larger block.
I am aware of two companies that already created devices with 8KB logical blocks and expected Linux to work. I had to do some explaining.
I agree with Ric that this is something we'll need to address sooner rather than later.
-- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
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