Optimising performance for many small files

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 2:45 AM, compdoc <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote:
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> Many newer drives use 4k sectors which require a special alignment to run at
> full speed. Basically, 'alignment' roughly translates into the first
> partition starting on sector 2048.
>
> Current versions of parted and gparted do this for you, so unless you
> created the partitions by hand, the alignment should be correct.


Isn't this about SSDs only?




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