[mythtvnz] New Hard Drive not performing well

[Steve V]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Wade Maxfield <mythtvnz at hotblack.co.nz>
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Sent: Wed, 17 November, 2010 9:43:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] New Hard Drive not performing well
> 
> On 17/11/2010, at 8:50 PM, Steve V wrote:
> 
> > I'd appreciate any ideas  on what is going on or any suggestions on tools to 
>test 
>
> > the hard drive  performance.
> 
> Is this one of the drives that uses the new 4K blocks rather  than 512 byte 
>blocks?  I think they call it advanced format.  Do you  have a jumper for 
>disabling it?  On the WD Caviar Black 500GB I've got here  jumpering pins 7-8 
>disables Advanced Format, although it's not documented  anywhere on the drive.
> 
> http://www.wdc.com/en/products/advancedformat/
> 
> But take note, on  that page it says you need to do this before 
>formatting/partitioning, so if you  want to try it you'll need to move all your 
>recordings off it first.
> 
>  -  Wade
> 
Thanks to all for the quick replies. I have to say the 1Tb WD Green drive has 
been no problem for over a year. So I had no reason not to buy a WD drive again. 


Looks like I will have to do a bit more research next time.

I will do some checking this weekend and if possible set up the jumpering and 
then reformat the drive after moving the recordings. I'll report back the 
results.