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...Feb 27, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> > 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. > > 512n drives still exist, although they tend to be a bit smaller, 2TB or > less. > > http://www.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/FD3F376DC2ECCE68882579D40082C393/$file/US7K4000_ds.pdf > > I too noticed that HGST (now owned by WD) makes native 512n drives. That pdf states that they come i...

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.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> 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. 512n drives still exist, although they tend to be a bit smaller, 2TB or less. http://www.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/FD3F376DC2ECCE68882579D40082C393/$file/US7K4000_ds.pdf 4Kn drives are appearing now also. I don't expect these drives to be bootable except possibly by systems with UEFI firm...