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  • Dell PowerEdge R530 | 512e and 4Kn Disk Formats - Page 1
    512e and 4Kn Disk Formats This paper provides the context for 512e and 4Kn disk format migration, as well as pointing out the long-term benefits to customers and potential pitfalls to avoid when moving from 512-byte to 4K sector formats. Dell Engineering December 2013 A Dell Technical White Paper
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    THIS WHITE PAPER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND MAY CONTAIN TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. © 2013 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this material in any manner whatsoever without
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    transition...6 4.1 512-byte sector emulation ...6 4.2 Small or runt writes ...8 4.3 Mixing drives...9 5 Preparing for and managing the 4K transition...9 5.1 Managing 4K sectors in the Windows environment 9 5.2 Enterprise Windows support for 4K sector media ...9 5.3 Managing 4K sectors in the Linux
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    "can"result"in"a" number"of"issues. Table 1 Format types Format type 512n 512e 4Kn Bytes per sector value 512 512 4,096 Bytes per physical sector value 512 4,096 4,096 Beginning in late 2009, accelerating in 2010, and hitting mainstream in 2011 for client-based HDDs, hard drive companies began
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    Address"Mark"section:"The"address"mark"contains"data"to"identify"the"sector's"number"and"location." It"also"provides"status"about"the"sector"itself. • as hard drive capacities have increased, sector size has increasingly become a limiting design element in improving hard drive capacities and error
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    end users will not be dramatic in terms of immediate capacity increases. However, the migration to 4Ksized sectors will most definitely provide quicker paths to higher areal densities and hard drive capacities, as well as more robust error the same number of bytes for end user building or configuring
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    the host computer is performed in the drive's DRAM memory and does not measurably impact performance. A write process will be more complicated, particularly when data the host computer attempts to write is a subset of a physical 4K sector. In these cases, the hard drive must first read the entire 4K
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    how host systems and hard drives communicate the location of sectors on the media. It's time to introduce the Logical Block Address (LBA). Each 512-byte sector is assigned a unique LBA, from zero (0) to the number required based on the size of the disk. The host requests a specific block of data
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    the configuration such as RAID, volumes, and so on. To ensure compatible drive mix, check with your Dell team Server 2012 (4k data disks are supported and as boot disks in UEFI mode) Note that Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 do not support 512e or 4Kn media. While the system may boot
  • Dell PowerEdge R530 | 512e and 4Kn Disk Formats - Page 10
    "Fdisk"is"a"command"line"utility"that"partitions"hard"drives."Versions"1.2.3"and"above" support"Advanced"Format"drives. • Parted:"GNU"Parted"is"a"graphical"utility"for"partitioning"hard"drives."Versions"2.1"and"above"support" Advanced"Format"drives. VMware support The key strategies in managing the
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    . Some third-party firms offer utilities that examine existing hard drive partitions and realign them as needed. This alternative takes additional time and adds steps to the system building or upgrading process. Ultimately, Dell will develop more sophisticated methods and design systems to manage
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    performance. Whether you are building or configuring a computer, do the following to ensure optimal performance: • Use"an"operating"system"to"align"partitions"on"a"4Kn"boundary • Use"third-party"software"or"utilities"to"create"hard"drive"partitions;"verify"with"your"Dell"team"to" ensure"the"products
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A Dell Technical White Paper
512e and 4Kn Disk Formats
This paper provides the context for 512e and 4Kn disk format
migration, as well as pointing out the long-term benefits to
customers and potential pitfalls to avoid when moving from
512-byte to 4K sector formats.
Dell Engineering
December 2013