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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 - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 2
TECHNICAL INACCURACIES. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. © 2013 Dell Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. For more information, contact Dell. Dell, the DELL logo, and the DELL badge are trademarks of Dell Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 3
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 - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 4
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 migrating away from the legacy sector size of 512 bytes to a larger, more efficient sector size of 4,096 bytes, generally referred - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 5
ECC"section"contains"error"correction"codes"that"are"used"to"repair"and"recover" data"that"might"be"damaged"during"the"reading"or"writing"process. This low-level format has served the industry well for many years. However, as hard drive capacities have increased, sector size has increasingly become - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 6
or configuring a computer, to ensure you have the performance you need for a successful transition, use the operating system to align partitions on a 4Kn drive boundary. For operating system versions that are not 4K-sector aware, use third-party software or utilities to create hard drive partitions - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 7
reformatting to the specific 512-byte emulated sector requested by the host computer is performed in the drive's DRAM memory and does not Figure 3 Potential write sequence for 512-byte emulation In this instance, the hard drive must perform extra mechanical steps in the form of reading a 4K sector, - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 8
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 using the - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 9
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 up and operate minimally, there may be functionality issues, data loss, or suboptimal performance. Dell does not recommend using 512e media with Windows Server 2003 - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 10
4K-sector boot disks are supported in UEFI mode only. **SUSE® Linux® Enterprise fully supports 4KB/sector drives in all conditions and architectures with one exception. The 4KB/sector hard disk drives are not supported as a boot drive on x86_64 systems booting with a legacy BIOS. Changes have been - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 11
Dell will develop more sophisticated methods and design systems to manage unaligned conditions to mitigate negative performance impacts. 512e/4Kn application support were used in earlier drives. The AF emulation logo has one rounded corner and is used on any client or enterprise hard drive that is - Dell PowerEdge R730xd | Supported Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers - Page 12
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