[OmniOS-discuss] HGST 7K6000 for a RAIDZ2 pool

[Michael Rasmussen]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:17:35 +0100 (CET)
Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch> wrote:

> experts!
> 
> If you were to buy 6TB disks for a RAIDZ2 Pool, would you go for
> 512n like in the olden days, or use the new 4Kn.
> 
> I know ZFS can deal with both ...
> 
> So what would be your choice, and WHY?
> 
I would try to analyze the expected workload. Writing in small chunks
points at 512n while large chunks points towards 4Kn. Small chunks on
4Kn will waste a lot of space. If all else is equal the performance
should be the same. IMHO.

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